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VOLUME XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1904.
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And you U ilnd the nun U bright.
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A Trying Predicament.
By H. D.
In the winter of 187 , when busi
ness was very dull,: I unfortunately
happened to be out of a situation. I
bad travelled through several western
titles In quest of employment, but
without success. At last I found my
self In one of the hotels In Louisville,
studying the state of my. finances and
prospects.
Having received a good education, I
could keep a set of books with any
man; few could excel me as a Bails
man. My lot seemed to be doubly un
fortunate. Why was I not a mechanic?
I could then have easily obtained what
I wanted.
' In the midst of my ravery a short,
stout, nervous looking gentleman, who
had been eyeing me for seme tlma,
asked me It I bad been long In Louis
ville. Being out of sorts with myself and
every one else, I did not answer him
with extreme polltenes3.
"You seem down-hearted," he con
tinued, still gazing at me as if he not
only wanted to knew my business, but
my height, size and wearing apparel;
even my boots were closely scrutinized.
I evaded his question by remarklLfc
on the dull business season.
"Are yi l looking for work?"
"You have anticipated my wants
correctly," I replied, in hopes of end
ing the conversation, as he did not
look like a man who hired either
clerks or bookkeepers.
"Are you a powerful man?" he said,
continuing his examination. "If so I
might hire you.
'There is not a man in the. city I am
afraid to grapple with," 1 replied eager
ly, overjoyed at the sudden prospect of
getting a situation.
"I think you will answer Jiy pur
pose," he said, walking round me as if
he were purchasing a horse.
Having finished the inspection, he
took me aside and informed me In the
strictest confidence, that he had a sick
brother who required a nurse. From
what he could see, I was competent to
fill the berth.
"As to salary," he continued, "If you
suit me, I will make it liberal; but one
thing you must promise me."
I at once expressed my willingness
to make the promise, if it would not.
at any time, Involve me in trouble.
He set my fears at rest at that point,
as all be wanted was that while I was
In his employ I would not make the
world wiser as to what I was doing.
There
Fas nothing unreasonable In
any employer's exacting such promise.
- I accepted his otter.
. Bidding me follow him, we traversed
several streets until we arrived lu
- front of a lance mansion in one of
the prlncinpal thoroughfares. My gul
using the latchkey, we entered
house without ceremony. -
After dinner I was Introduced to my
charge, who was the exact counter-
part In looks of his brother. I glanced
from one to the other wondering how
It was possible for two men to be so
much alike.
. "My name is William Harrison,"
said the brother who hired me, "and
this is Hr. Charles Harrison."
"Twin brothers," I said, looking
from one to the other.
"Yes, we are twins," said Mr. Wil
liam. "Unfortunately, Charles Is pe
culiar in his manner, and 1 wish you
tot look after him in fact to be his
constant companion."
; "His constant companion," I repeat-
- ed. What! Is he crazy?" I asked, aside
of Mr. William.
"Yes, a little out of his head," he
replied. "You must be careful not to
let him get the upper band of you in
any way, and when he Is violent, there
, ill straight Jacket," he said, showing
me the article in a sideboard.
"AU right," I said. "Now, as I under
stand you, I must use this when I
think proper to do so."
"Yes," he replied, "whenever you
have occasion to. Of course you must
use proper Judgment, and not be too
' violent I can see by your looks
that you are a very powerful man In
; fact, I pride myself on being so for
tunate as to secure you."
He waa right in his judgment as to
: my powers; I have met few men In my
lifetime who equaled me in strength.
During our conversation, Mr. Charles
at still,, without saying word. 1
gain compared them. The similarity
" of features, build, even their hair,
which was gray, was remarkable; both
wore their whiskers alike. It was the
first time in my life I was puzzled In
making ft distinction whereby I could
tell one man from another.
"'" As ft last resource, I was obliged to
- make note of their different cos
tumes, la order to know Mr. Charles
apart from Mr. William.
What If I was to mistake (In my
routine as . keeper and nurse) ... one
brother for the other? A dread of the
- fearful consequence that would follow
- came over me, and I can assure yon It
was some time before I could rest easy
In mind. -v'r-'V? :
Mr. William retired, leaving me with
my charge. The change, at least, fur
nlBhed the pressing requirements for
the time. Unsuited though It was to
my taste, I soon fell Into-the dull
routine the life of a nurse to ft mad
man furnishes, and, before ft week was
up I felt myself perfectly able to take
any first-class position that offered as
keeper of the unfortunate Insane com
munity. : Mr. Charles, at times, was violent:
and rough In bis manner, but after (
had given him a taste of the straight
jacket ft few times, he troubled me
very little. 1 Occasionally he would
go down on his knees and plead love
-Tor an Imaginary lady, then start up
viith a blustering air, and order me
out of the room as If L had no business
there. And really, I must say there
was very little need pf my staying by
him all He time; but I was paid for It
so I was obliged to obey
Forget the day It rainy,
Sure, to-morrow will be fin.
. Jus brush aside the clouds yourself
And make your own sunshine.
Stephen Chalmers, In New York Timet.
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G. PARSONS.
They were both bachelors, having
considerable property, Mr. Charles be
came insane a few yean previous. Hit
brother preferred taking charge of him
instead of sending him to an asylum.
At times, Mr. William did not ap
pear as rational as be should be, but It
was his peculiar manner. I learned
from the servants that he had been for
years paying his addresses to a Mlaa
-tebblns, an elderly maiden lady be
longing to one of the first families of
Louisville. She often visited the
bouse. He would be very tender in
his manner toward her, and wduld of
fer her bis arm when tbey walked in
the garden, but marriage, or any ar
rangement to that end, was never hint
ed at He seemed .to be content with
paying the polite addresses due, from
an engaged swain to the object of bis
choice, and there it ended. It was evi
dent that he was either too bashful
to proceed with bis suit beyond that
mark, or else the lady objected to btm
and preferred' slngle-blesaedness to the
duties and cares of married lite.
The latter seemed Improbable, as
Miss Btebblnt, when they promenaded
... the Dlasza. hunt" lovingly on bis
trm, and threw such sweet glances St
her escort that they betrayed her will
ingness to unite her fortunes with bis.
Then It waa clear that the fault waa
on the part of Mr. William.
As the summer advanced Miss Steb
bins came oftener. The greenhouse re
quired rearranging before winter set
in. The alterations were begun and
carried out under her plans. Mr. Wil
liam was a willing slave to her ideas;
and as I watched him from my win
dow receiving her Buggestlonsabputl
uuw ino uuuiQ iu lav ceuuc woo w
be built, I really believed that had she
proposed carrying it up a hundred
Feet high, he woujd have had it done.
It was evidently coming to a climax.
Mr. William Intended getting mar
ried; if not to Miss Stebblns, certainly
some lady would soon be mistress of
bis establishment.
At present, no other female appear
ed. The only conclusion therefore to
be drawn was that Mr. William Hani
con and Miss Clarinda Stebbins, both
of the city of Louisville, were about tu
commit matrimony.
As for myself, during the hot weath'
er.having little to do, I was fast growing
fat and lazy, and the financial prospect
before me looked decidedly cheering.
So well had I managed my charge, that
Mr. William hired me by the year; an
agreement was made out, which we
both signed, that I was to continue
In the capacity of nurse to his brother
for the space of twelve months, be-
June the first, at a salary of
Itdrci and fifty dollars a month.
diately after we had made this
ent arrangement, Mr. William
uisville for a few days and I
lone with Mr. Charles.
fine afternoon he waa taking his
inner nap, which generally last
ed for a couple' of hours. I foolishly
left him and went out tor a walk. I
was gone about an hour. When I re
turned to the house, a sight met my
eyes that made my blood run cold.
Mr. Charles was In the rcom, not his
own, kneeling at the feet ot ft lady.
I always prided myself on being a
gallant, and would never allow a lady
to be Insulted, much more to see her
at the mercy of a madman.' I rushed In
and secured him.
"How dare you come In here and be
have in this manner, you rascal?" he
said, In his usual crazy manner.
"I'll show you," I replied, taking the
straight Jacket out of my pocket,
where I always carried It, ready for In
stant use.
"Unhand me, sir, and go out of the
room," he exclaimed, pointing to the
door.
By this time the lady had fainted.
Seeing her drooping head, as she sank
on the lounge, was enough. I grappled
with him, and In spite of all be could
do, I quickly put the straight jacket
on him, and he was lnbapable of doing
any further harm.
Having secured my, charge, I turned
my attention to the lady. Taking the
water pitcher, which always stood in
the room, I sprinkled her face; when
she revived, and looked at Mr. Charles
?haflng In the straight jacket, she
gave an unearthly scream, and fainted
In earnest that time. I thought she
wasdead.
What could I do? The servants were
out, and I alone with a madman In a
straight jacket, and ft lady In hysterics.
If ever mortal was In a more trying
predicament, I should; like to know ft
"Let me out of thls,lyou villain!" he
thundered.-. .
"When I get ready," I replied, talcing
my knife and putting open the lady's
tight drees, to ease her. I fairly
drenched her in water, to no purpose.
I could scarcely distinguish her breath
ing. Taking ft lump of 'Ice from the
pitcher, and holding (t to her fore
head, the chill revived .her ft little.
t was congratulating myself on hav
ing saved her life, when she looked at
Mr. Charles. ,, ., ,
. "Oh, my darling!" she sobbed out,
then, giving another shriek, off she
went again.
I was in ft worse fix. than ever, with
ft jrazy woman as well as a man to
take care of. I believe, at that mo
ment, if I had had another straight
jacket In my pocket, it would have
gone on her. v;,
, I rubbed her forehead with the ice,
and chafed ber hands whilst my
knife had perfectly "loosened her dress
from neck to waist i
I was afraid she would die under my
hands; then what should I do? t rang
the bell for the servants, but tbey were
out, o no help came front that quar
ter. , " ' -'
Going to the sideboard, I took some
br-.ndy and held It to her Hps; my
charge was raving all the time. v -
"If you don't stop your row, and let
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me attend this lady, I will tmg ycral"
I said, threatening him.
The brandy had the desired effect
She started up and rushed to him. Her
dress, which before was a perfect fit,
now hung In shreds. She clasped him
around the neck, declaring I should
not Mil" him.
I gently disengaged her from htm.
"Come." I said soothingly, "It pains
me to see you so excited. Calm
yourself; I will toon get some one to
take charge of you." -.
' Seating ber on" the lounge, I again
rang the bell for help; visible signs
of hysterics appeared; she waa having
a relapse. I shouted for some one to
come. , Judge of my . astonishment
when she began calling me a villain
for serving her darling in that way.
, "My good lady," I replied, "although
you are old enough to be my mother, I
beg to disagree with you; it Is for his
good." - ..v...
How far I should have gone, or
what other means I should have tak
en to quiet my two mad people, I
really cannot say, had not one of the
servants entered at that moment She
too gave a scream at our ludicrous ap
pearance. -
"What! are you mad as well?' I said.
"Como here and help me out ot this
came up to us. A' word was
enough to reveal to my blundering
eyes the mistake I had made. It was
Mr. William I had bean handling. To
take the straight Jacket off him and re
tire to my room was the work of a mo
ment I locked the door after me.
The Imprecations I overheard heaped
on my head were certainly enough to
frighten any man of moderate nerve.
Miss Stebbins' new mauve silk was all
nit to pleoes; even ber fancy corsets
were ruined by my cutting them In
two,, not to mention a splendid sash
of watered silk, costing I dpn't know
how much, and the shock to her nerves
was Irreparable.'
I found my charge, the real manalc,
sleeping quietly In his bed. Leaving
him fo finish his nap, I began to rum
inate on the chances of my going to
the penitentiary. Just then I over
heard Mr. William ordering the ser
vant to fetch a policeman, when Miss
Stebbins Interrupted blm.
"J?9 notfend for the police," ehe
said. "WesnaN-hare to. go Jo court,
and our love be made publlirtlMhtl.
eyes of the gaping world; the Clar
ences will torment my life out of
me." .
'I will get rid of him at once," said
Mr. William. "The rascal! It was on
ly the other day I hired him for a
year. Come out!" he continued,
knocking at the door of my room.
My overhearing their conversation
had set my mind at rest on the jail
question. Miss Stebbins being In high
social standing, money could not have
hired her to be cross-examined in a
public court and the result of my
blundering Interruption of their Inter
esting tete-a-tete made known to her
friends. She was quick-sighted enough
to see that, in the midst of her trouble.
When I thought their passions bad
cooled a little, I opened the door, and
at the sight which met my eyes It was
Impossible for me to repress a hearty
laugh, which did not raise me any
higher in their opinion.
Mr. William was wiping the perspir
ation off his face, and declaring to
Miss Stebbins that the disagreeable af
fair should have no effect on their en
gagement, while she stood by holding
ber dress, the splendid mauve silk, In
anything but graceful folds about her
lovely person.
Villain!" said Mr. William, "get
out of the house!"
Yes, scoundrel that you are!" said
Miss. Stebbins, getting decidedly pas
sionate. "I'll teach you to cut my
new mauve silk and sash all to nieces!
And niv French corsets have not es
caped; you shall be hung for It!" she
shrieked.
I stood still, unable to say word In
defence.
What are you staring at?" said Mr
William.
'I am going to stay my year out," I
replied doggedly. "I shan't budge until
the first ot next June without my sal
ary." ' ' "
Get rid of him," said Miss Stebbins,
"or I leave Louisville."
Her word was law. He went to his
room and returned In a few minutes
with a check, which he handed me,
saying:
There, air, now go, and never dark
en my door again.".
I took the check,' which was for my
year's salary, and went out of the
house and situation In five minutes.
Eighteen hundred dollars are quite an
item for the loss I sustained. I came to
northern Ohio, started in business, and.
In spite ot Mr. Harrison's maledictions
nd the ruined mauve silk, I am do
ing well from the proceeds of my "try
ing predicament" Wavesley Maga
zine.
The World's Goods.
Irving Bacheller, author, tells with
glee of a recent visit to the old farm
up the state where he spent his boy
hood days. The place was in a poor
condition, the- buildings being dilapid
ated and everything giving mute evid
ence of long neglect On the porch
of the ramshackle house sat an old
man, bowed with the weight of years
and a big mortgage on, the farm.
After exchanging grethigs Mr. Bachel
ler said: " - ,
"Well, t fancy this place might have
looked ft little , better If I had stayed
here." -i -
"Mebbe twould," replied the old
man, with ft sigh. "The old farm might
have looked a bit spruce, but it's dol
lars to doughnuts that you wouldn't
be wearln' seen good clothes as you've
got On!" '?i;y.
: y : Our Wages Art Higher. ; r
Hungarians, Germans, Slovaks and
Jews all emigrate from Hungary be
cause the wages are higher In the
United States than in Europe; oa the
other hand, larger proportion than
formerly return by direct Instigation
of relatives, who are constantly stlmu
late'.,;y the Hungarian press, In order
to spend the higher American wages
on cheaper European manufactures in
their old age. While in the larger cit
ies of Hungary food and rent are be
coming nearly as dear as In the United
States, they are not so high In the
country places, to srf icb. most etui
grants return. V
SPORTS OF THE INDIANA
BUCKS, SQUAWS ANQ PAPOOSES
FLOCK TO THE RACE C0UR8E.
Worldly Oeeds Bet en Result Cay
uses Doped by a Practical Joker,
Causa Amusement and Sometimes
Trouble.
A correspondent writes to the In
dianapolis Journal:
Not long ago we had occasion to
journey to a typically -western com
munity which lies In the plains and Is
the centre of an Immense cattle and
horse raising district It was In the
fall, at the time ot their local ces,
when the horseflesh of the track Is
tested tor speed, and when the noble
red men lose or win the year's accum
ulation ot worldly goods. There were a
number of good horses In the field,
mostly runners', as the trotter, be he
ever so swift, is too slow for the west
ern He of sport
Indians bad congregated from every
locality and the chiefs of many tribes
headed their little bands, accompanied
by the wives' and progeny. : They of
the plains are generally tall and hand
some, )n Indian fashion, discounting
the coast Slwashes In size, features
and general bearing, as they lead a
freer lite In'the mountains and plains,
riding Centaur-like their wild little
ponies. Admittance Is always granted
them Inside the circular fence In the
centre of the course, and they line up
at the railing on their cayuses seem
ingly stolid and Indifferent to what
goes on. However, their looks do not
speak truth, for there were neves any
greater gamblers . than the Indians,
who will, year after year, risk every
thing they possess on earth at a horse
race.
. Their manner of betting Is so extra
ordinary that, as we watched them
piling up In one heap hundreds ot arti
cles of all sizes and value, from their
blankets or saddles down to a jack
knife. It wes natural to suppose there
("would be a mix-up that they would
never be able to straighten out But
after each race they swarm back fti
the heap, picking out exactly what he
or she has ventured against the other
and what Is won by that venture. Then
they throw down again what they bet
Jorthe next time. In the same way,
srniHacKtnetr-s
fence, rarely smiling, seldomtalkirrtf,'
except by an occasional grunt of dis
satisfaction. They, the heirs to this great and
wonderful country, have only now
where to lay their heads, and are dy
ing off so rapidly since the "refining"
process of civilization came to them,
that In a very few years the full
blooded American Indian will be no
longer aught but history. As they sat
In their line, calmly watting for the
next race we were conjecturing what
their ideas of us were, and whether,
after all, they were hot happy In their
way when the friend who was acting
as our host touched my arm and point
ed to a man crossing the track. "Look,"
he said, "there goes John Black, the
greatest practical Joker In this county
see what he Is op to." The man
referred to was passing behind the
long line of silent figures with a small
bottle tn his band and seemed to drop-
a bit of Its contents on each horse as
he hurried along unnoticed by the
Slwashes. who were looking straight
ahead.
"That Is what they call 'root-en-toot,'
" said our friend, "and" but
just then such a scene began as we
shall never forget The first cayuse
tn the line switched his tail, picked up
his ears and began to back; the sec
ond moved uneasily, looking around
reproachfully at his rider. Then they,
too, and dozens ot others, broke Into
frenzied prancing and bucking. A wild
time ot excitement ensued. Worn out
old cayuses who had not bucked for
20 years reared, dashed and ' flew
around with the wildest young ones.
.Squaws were un-seated, papooses dis
connected from the family stem,
.hurled madly Into the air, and bucks,
clutching at saddle, bridle, mane, or
anything within reach were dumped
without ceremony onto the ground.
The uproar caused by the yells ot
frightened Indians, neighing horses
and screams ot laughter from the spec
tators made matters worse. It seemed
that Satan and his hundred Imps were
prodding those erstwhile sad-eyed
beasts to fury with red-hot pitchforks.
One dignified old lady In particular
caught my eye. Her cayuse was mak
ing a hasty detour ot the immediate
location, at times standing on his hind
feet, pawing wildly In the air; again
shaking his "rear" legs skywards en
deavoring to turn a front somersault;
again coming down with such a stiff
legged jolt as seemed to settle the old
squaw's head down through ber spine
to the laddie, and had she not already
been toothless with age would have
deprived her of her masticators.' 8he
was a shining example to a tenderfoot
not to mount a pony that knew or aver
had known how to buck. "
,v The whole act lasted only about five
mini 'et, but waft so Inexpressibly fun
ny that the realization of not being
able to reproduce the picture makes
me yearn for the pen ot a Jerome or
a Bangs.
The Indians, after picking them
selves up from various corners of the
field, and actually hurrying together
gathering up their Scattered belong
ings and families, held a council of
war, uttering guttural sounds that we
supposed were imprecations. They
were a dirty, dust-begrtmmed looking
crew. After a brief time It was de
cided that a medicine man who was
present from ft hated tribe p ad be
witched their ponies. It was all the
sheriff and some hastily sworn-lh
deputies could do to rescue the poor
innocent blanketed beggar from the
hands of the howling mob. who were
forced to retreat In angry contusion.
That night the committee on enter
tainment for the coming festivities ot
the fair placed all power In the hands
of John Black, he having demonstrated
his ability to provoke mirth.
In explanation It must be said that
the drops from his bottle were of some
fluid which evaporates so quickly as to
leave a peculiar stinging sensation, ot
course, which terrified the poor little
beasts. , . . .
During the teething period Japan
ese infants have an extra diet, con
sisting of fish and crtistaeeae.
BIRO POACHERS TAKEN.
(vsnty-Seven Japanese Found on a
United States Island In the Pacific
With 77 forlorn-looking Japs aboard
in addition to her own crew,', th
United States revenue cutter Thetli
came Into tbo port of Honolulu, Ha
waii, recently, with a queer story of
the sea to tell. The Japanese were
bird poachers . whose presence on an
American Island was reported by Cap
tain NIblack of the United States
steamer Iroquois some weeks ago, and
the Thetis was sent to stop their op
erations, but she arrived to find them
only too anxious to leave their hunt
ing ground and to abandon spoil which
Is worth at least 120,000.
The Japanese were employed by a
Toklo firm, and they fitted out in the
schooner Yelju Maru of Yokohama last
December. - Their; destination was
Lislansky .Island a wonderful centre
of ocean bird l.fe In mid-Pacific, not
ar from Midway Island. The Island
Is -the property of the United States.
The Japanese met with a mishap on
their way out, a huge wave "pooping'
the schooner and carrying away part
of her stern. They put into Midway
Island to get some lumber, and thus
the United States authorities learned
of their object.
. According to their story they arrived
at Lislansky Island on January 8, and
commenced at once to kill birds. Tbey
bad ft staff, not only of hunters, but
also of skilled taxidermists and skin
ners, for the birds' plumage was in
tended for the millinery markets of
Paris. On January 18 fierce gale
struck the Island, and the Yelju Maru,
dragging her anchor, struck a coral
reef, and was totally lost, ten of the
men who happened to be aboard being
drowned.
Another ship was expected, and on
February 27 the Tlyu Maru arrived,
bringing 39 more hunters. She sailed
away, however, leaving word that she
would coon return, and so the hunting
continued. Week succeeded week and
the Tlyu Maru never appeared. The
Japs on the lonely Island found their
supplies getting dangerously short,
hsvlng only a couple of hundred pounds
of rice left, so they started to kill for
(pod. There is little on the tern and
other sea birds of the iBland that can
be eaten, but the Japs cut what little
there was and dried it. So they lived
f for TJlWHC. weeks, until on the 16th of
this montli IheJhetls arrived. It Is
presumed that thelTipWtSi-etjD was
either wrecked or fell a prey to
Russian ship.
Captain Hamlet of the Thetis states
that the destruction wrought by the
party to bird lite was something ap
palling. He estimates that they killed
at least 300,000 birds, to judge from
the. number of cases of plumage they
had secured. All of their spoil had to
be abandoned, but it Is properly pre
served and will keep for a long time.
There are 835 of these cases, the plu
mage In them being of the highest
quality. The Japanese will be return
ed to Yokohama. New York Post
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The Spider Plant of Cape Negro
colony grows for a cenutry and never
reaches more than a foot In height
The body of a Tyrolese guide, who
fell Into a crevasse on the glacier ot
Orosavenedlger, In the Austrian Alps.
30 years ago, has been found In a re
markable state of preservation at the
foot of the glacier.
In Kansas City recently a three
story brick house was raised 160 feet
up a steep bluff. The house was car
ried on a strong framework of tim
bers, and raised by the turning of 300
Jacks, divided Into SO groups. "
The smallest coin In the world hav
ing a genuine circulation Is probably
the Maltese "grain," a tiny fragment
of bronze about as big around as the
top of a slate pencil and having a
value ot only one-twelfth of a penny.
Gypsies are rogues, and steal even
from one another. When one ot them
la deputed by the chief to take up a
collection from visitors to their camp,
a simple method is employed to check
dishonesty. The collector Is given a
plate to hold In bis right hand, and a
live fly, which he has to keep impris
oned in bis .ciu .
Hundreds of pounds of honey have
been .discovered in the great eques
trian statue of Gen. Robert B. Lee at
Richmond, Va. Both the horse and
rider are hollow and It appears that
ever since last summer bees have
been going In and out at the parted
lips and nostrils of General Lee and
his steed. The bees are almost num
berless, and they have been making
honey constantly. There li no way of
getting inside the statue without dam
aging it, and the bees will be left
alone In their Iron home. ,
' In the City of Mexico is a Thieves'
Market, in which stolen goods are pub
licly offered tor sale. It occupies an
entire square. Here may-' be found
everything that is portable, from a
.telescope to a ring, silk dress, or ft
pair of stockings, and the articles are
sold at about one-fifth ot their actual
Value. The thieves do not sell the
goods openly, for that would be dis
honest, In the estimation of the Mex
icans, but the sellers are they who
purchase secretly from the thieves.
Dr. Forel, a well known American
neurologist, who has devoted much
time to the study of the nervous sys
tems and the sensations of ants and
beet, concludes that the vision ot In
sects is In "mosiac," that It, as It were
made UP of bits separated by dark
lines, the lines corresponding to tht
edges of the facets of the Insect's eye
The Image Is usually not sharp, though
When the number of facets Is consider
able (twelve thousand to seventeen
thousand), the definition la good. It
Is his conclusion that the insects have
more than instinct-they have a Soul,
so to say; end at any rate, a mind cap
able of forming judgments, ot choos
ing. ; Bees have, for example, an as
tonishing memory for localities. In
stinct and automatism are far from
constituting their mental life.
The telephone Industry of this coin
try is cnplliilluod at t' V V' 1.
A SEKMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
"REWARDS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS."
riie 1U. Dr. N. MsGm Walmrl lays Tbut
; irvaaWanlil Attain KarthtyPrMswIty
.. ChrlM (l Be Yon Twhr-The
V True JTrwrlpiloo For All Seholanhlp.
BnooKl.Tif, N. Y. Dr. N. Mctlee Wa
ters, pastor of the Tompkins Avenue Con
gregational Church, took as his subject
Sunday morning, "Rewards of Rigbteoua
ne." His text was from Matthew vi:
33: "Seek ye lint the kingdom of God
nnd His rignteouaneM, and all theae thing
hall be added unto you." Dr. Waters
aid in the course of hia excellent sermon:
From the beginning until now m-m't
search haa been for the golden age. Some
timra he named it the Golden Fleet;
sometime Holy Grail. Plato prophesied
it in a republic ret to be. Bunyan, after
a weary piltrrimage, found it beyond the
Delectable Mountain. Bacon saw it in
Atlantia, rising out of the midst of an un
bailed ten. It j alwaya afar oft and in the
future. Like the pot of gold at the foot
of the rainbow, it is alwaya over the next
bill.
Jems also prophesied a golden age
called it "the Kingdom of (iod," and found
it in the present time. For a long tiro
men went hu gry, and lo! there was '.
ways n!entv in. the m-ound when the
I "scratched the earth "ith a hoe it laughed
and lo! they were alwa in the river beda
lor t!ie finding. Thev shivered for warmth,
and lo! coal waa itored under the hills.
They longed for aome pack horse, and lot
gi.-nta were chained in rverv flowing riv
er. They were always looking for the
golden age. Jesus said: "Look within
the Kingdom of God is vithin yon."
Men are always expecting th Kingdom
of God to com through some deric of
their making. They cry, "Let as have a
better government and. a better wage, and
we will have the Kingdom of God: let us
toil and hoard a mountain of gold, and
when our barn are filled we will have the
Kingdom of t.od. Let us search after
knowledge, . nd when we are wise we will
have the Kingdom of God. L.t us trad
bur strength for popularity and reputation,
when with the laurel we hav boun.l our
brow we ahall be blessed."
Jeme says iut the oppoaite: "Seek tha
Kingdom of God and you will have no la
bor problem, for you will have in increased
wage; seek the Kingdom of God, and you
will find wealth; seek tho Kingdom of
God. and you will be enrolled among th
children of immortality." Men say, "Let
us get rich and we will be content' Je
sus aays, "Be content, and you will be
rich." Mi- ay, "Let ua get wisdom, and
we will be happy." Jeaua says, "Be hap
py and you will be wise. Men say, "If we
can gain all these things, like houses and
lands, we will be the children of the King
dom of God." Jesu saya, "Enter into the
Kingdom of God, and you will have all
these things."
When will we believe the teachings ol
Jesus? Ho was ahead of V time. We
are growing up to Him, to understand Him
better than early generations. Ever t say
ing of His we hnl true as law and" fact.
','"" saying oi w, 10 meek shall
earth. It was too hard lor
His ageTVfiut time, the great tester, pro-
nounceM it nurfT&nld. The wise man every
where sees the excu,tnwvarl of meek
ness, lhey get who foreet
.lesna said to His disciples: "It
peaient tor you that I go awav." T
wuiu uciieve mac men. But when a
long time hath paased we know that reallv
death la a benefit, and that great men are
never so valuable to their disciples ss after
they have gone away from the earth. Th
text( Seek first tb Kingdom of God,"
etc., is one of those sayings that we have
to grow up to. Generally men have read
it in aome mystical way. They have re
garded it a true only in some peculiar re
Iigioua sense. But it is a literal fact: it is
truth; it is law of the universe. Virtu
is the road to fame. Godlineas is profit
able in this world.
"And all these things shall be added."
What tlniiga? Christ has juat named
them food and clothes and the material
prues for which men strive. Men ar
waved bv motives aa tree arc by tha
winds. Tell me what you most love and I
jnil tell you what you will be. You love
.knowledge with a passion the Greek did
and he became a scholar; you love pow
erthe Roman did and Rome ia yet law
fiver for the nations; you lov beauty
ohn Keata did and ha became a poet.
Among the motives that away men's daily
lives, we may put first these three-th
pnramt pf wealth, the gaining of knowl
edge and the winning of fame. How can
these thinga beat be won? According to
Jesus, by a deep hearted search after the
Kingdom of God7
Wealth-the laws of weslth are th law
of righteousness. Knowledge the king
dom of knowledge is the Kingdom of God.
Fame 'the Lord knoweth the way of th
righteous but th waya of th wicked
shall rot."
Let u look at the world of wealth. The
savage ha no prosperity; it is only the
civihred man who growa rich. What is
wealth? Emerson tells us it begins "with
a tight roof that keeps out th rain and a
good pump that yields sweet waters, and
horses, or a locomotive to cross the land,
and a boat to cross th sea." But whence
come th roof and the pump and th sbiu
ana the locomotive? Man did not inve
them: he only discovered them. They ai
tho lawa of God dressed up in clothes o'
wood and steel and stone. - Th laws c
wealth are the law of righteousness. Me;
go toward prosperity as they find th lav
of God.
Again, how do w get wealth? Tbi n
are three possible ways. A man may li i
it, he may steal it, or a man may earn i .
But neither pauper nor beggar increasi,
the wealth of th community. Only bv
the lawa of industry and vision can w ii:.
crease wealtn. But the laws of labor i.nf'
vision are the lawa of th Kingdom of Got'.
Barbarism ha i been, with its poverty, dc
"nti , '"'ety without the command
ments. Contranwia, then, civilisation,
with all its house and lands and itockt
and bonds, is soeioty with the command
ments. Violation of th law ef God in
every age means bankruptcy. Obedience
to th lawa of God in every age makes for
prosperity. History writes down the tal
of empires. When sh write down "Py
ramids" and "Parthenon" and "Hanging
Gardens," sh expresses their desolation
by saying over their ruins, "These people
forgot God, ai d bene tueir waste places."
Sh writes down "London "Chamber ol
Commerce" "Shipyards," "Temple." "Li
i"7;mtnd ,eP'e their glory by sav
ing, These have remembered God hence
their prosperity." - .
-The- Bible, pronounce "Anathema
against those who "mlr t ...
rich" that ia. thev who. desni.in th. km
of God, tak a short cut to prosperity.
Their wealth i : Wimrtvt th.:. I. i.
The mistress who holds back tha itial
wag from to maid: tha borrower who ru
fuaee to return to the lender; the govern
mrnt that debases its people with debased
com, may temporarily gain; but such
weaith destroys the possessor and is like
the wrecker's handful of coin, gleaned from
the beach to which he has beguiled an
argosy; is like 'the camp follower' han
dle of Ags itolen from the breast of men
a'.am .n battle; it like th coin of Judas
nn'.y blood money paid to buy a potter's
nciu wkrii nrierty ana justice and pros
ueritv shall at last be burled n th mw
of dishonor. Way bark in fie Old Testa
ment w hav Moaea aavins: "Thou shall
not have viversr measure in thy sanc
tuary.'' The word call up for ua a Sceno
from that, far off time. IViere are booth
with baskets of fig and grDa and golden
rbeat and bottles of oil and silks and
sloths, and the merchant has two set of
K-atra one sr, with a large pan, ia
Thirh he buya the grapes from tn hu
landman, and another, with a small pan, t
n which he sells the grapes to the house
ififet And the King begins to pay hi
men in debased coin, and honesty and in
tegrity and justice ar being eiterminat
rl. and there ia growing up a people with i
lying King ai.d lying .merchant and false
words. The old prophet rise in hi anger
and saya: "A false measure is an aboin.
iimtion unto tha Lord." Any falsehood ia
commerce at lust poisons the very foun
dation of civilization. The city and th
nation and the intvMui rntti w ho I- o a
rn.vi'-tl I I SM.l : a !('" Tt "1
Th. law of wealth are th law, of WHAT WOULD YOU DOT
righteousness. If you would become rich, t - r . . j
if yon would attain prosperity, if you would pp,,.!,,. .at you hod flj,hed all day
mill hnl v hntiFM nnd Inn.. a ami hanka. if i T. . r .
you. would trmke i desert place bloom ai j
the rose, let Christ be your teacher. "Seek
first the kingdom of Hia righteousness and
all these things shall be added unto you."
What is knowledge! J low do we gala
knowledge? Thero aits Thomaa Qjrlyle,
the lonesomest man in Knj-'aud, and one
of the poorest, feeding his ahaggy intellect
on French revolution, storm of modern
ages. When he spea'Ki we call him our
srreateat prophet and srlin'Hr. And his
message is: "I have found tied reigning
among all peoples." He writes down foe
ua the laiva of divine retribution which
run through the nation. LilA the old
Kcandanarian Titan that be is, ho drinks
the liqnid fir of divina wrath out of lite
skull of nerished empire. Ann he smacked
his Puritan lips aa though it naa savory
wine, Know'edue is finding out divine
laws. There is Charles Diekcns. He is
not satisfied lo meet people on the street
as we do and shake hand., with them and
icavn their names. But, looking into their
heart and homes and haunts and Hints
with sympathy, with pathos and with rar
est humor, he writes his books. These
book become a sort of Bible of the sub-me-'yed
tenth of society, nnd in them we
find written down the t:i-rnt divint laws
which govern action and conduct nnd char
acter. He is the poor man's prophet, be
cause he found on tb heart of tho poor
ma,o the handwriting of God. All knowl
edge is revelation.
Seeking the way God made the stars go,
Kepler became an astronomer. Rcek-ing the
way the world wai made, Wallace became
a scientist. Peeking the mysteries nnd se
crets of the human soul nnd God's doinR
therein, Kant became a philosopher. Seek
ing to find out how God wrought up.in hu
man nature, Shakespeare penetrated into
the aoul depths of Iago, Hainlct, Desde
mona, Richard, Hcnrr and Lear, anil
transcribing into words what he found
written there, he has given us his great
dramaa. Lo! the dramas of Shakespeare
are almost another book of God in which
We find written the divine law of retribu
tion and forgiveness snd sacrifice and re
demption. Augustine cornea and his one
word i law, but it ia the law of God.
Browning comes and hia one word ia in
spiration, but it ia the inspiration of God.
And Beecher and Phillips Hrooks come nnd
their one word ia love, but it is the levo
of God. Save he bring us a word of God,
the wisdom of the scholar m foolishness.
Have you ever seen the shimmering dt
a lake when the sun was playing in its
sin-face! Have you seen the gleams of sun
light dancing like angels ou the water?
You know the glory was in the-aun, not
in the water. The sun was the source; tha
waters were clothed in a borrowed glory.
If yon have ever stood in a great valley
surrounded by mountains, and heard the
cchoss repeated from mount to mount,
some lou(, some soft, some distant, some
near at hand, you know the voice was not
in the mountains. The mountains only
carried the voice. So great scholars ar
only waters and mountain poaki. II is
(iod Almighty who speaks, it is Iiia glory
that shines. There is a differenco in men.
The difference between great men and lit
tle men alwaya consist in thia the great
man is always listening for tho voice of
God. The little man is taken up with the
sound of his earthly on-going. The Jews
heard a sound and said: "It thundered."
Jesus standing with them kne-v "it was an
angel that had spoken unto Him." Wis
dom ia revelation. There is no other way
if you would be a scholar, if you would
wear a scholar's crown and have a schol
ar's power, you must seek and know face
to face and to find out Hia ways, which
our ways, anil Mis words, which
are abcX?,1" T , V' .2 . Prcsc",P"
tinn for iMJ. scholarship: Seek first the
Kingdom of"-tr8ekn) Hia righteousnea
and all these tWngTTtollb8 dded untu.nl
you.
In every age men believe that fame can
be bought for a price, and so thev tear
down their warehouses and build larger,
(fo they multiply their fleets until their
white aaila cover ever- sea; so they get for
themselves houses and landa and stock
and bonds. When they die the market
drops down for a day or a week and then
the world goea on. You do not know the
names of anv rich men in Athens or Home
or Thebes er Babylon. You may know the
name of some orator or some scholar who
had wealth, but you do do not know the
name of any man who had nothing but
wealth. There waa a man who laid the
foundation of his fortune in the days of
the Stuarts. He was a powder manufac
turer. He drove his coach and lour and
lived in a palace. He built silken nests
for his children. He had been an ardent
Royalist, but when the Revolution came,
he said: "There ia a tide in the affairs of
men, which, if taken in its flood, leads on
to fortune. And he cut off his powdered
curls and left off his jeweled sword. Ha
even sang psalms.- He turned Puritan. He
turned his back on the cathedral anil went
to worship in a Puritan conventicle. He
had his reward. He got the contract for
making powder for Cromwell's army and
became a multi-millionaire. And when the
restoration raine he grew aain his Van
Dyke beard, he again wore his velvet doub
let, be again went to church with prayer
book ana crucifix. He even stood by and
applauded when Cromwell' bonea were
hung up to dry on Tyburn Hill. He quick
ly became a cavalier and he bad his re
ward. For lo! Charles made him a Knight
of the Garter and he atill had the contract
for making powder for the English Army.
What waa his name? You do not know.
Nobody knows. You cannot find it writ
ten down in any boox. But in thai same
time there was a poor man who was a
Puritan under the first Stuarts, who was a
Puritan secretary of commonwealth un
der Cromwell, and who was a Puritan
blind and poor, an exile threatened with
his life under th returned Stuarts. He
had the pen of a ready writer and the Stu
arts offered him gold to make the worse
appear the better aide. He said: -"Nay,
nay, I will live in hunger and I will hear
my children cry for bread, but I will not
ell my honor. -I car not for parties. I
strive only for the. truth ot the Kingdom
of God." And everything he ever said in
prose or In poetry is atill remembered. Hi
name was John Milton, and every school
boy know it by heart. Seek first th
Kingdom of God and fame will find you
out. Always th pathway to greatness is
along th lin of loyaUy to th Kingdom
of God.
Seek the Kingdom of -God, that la the
great thing. Any man who seek wealth
"or wealth' sak will alwaya t poor,
though ha be clad in purple. Any man
who seeks first and alwaya tha Kingdom
f God will be rich, whether be live in a
mrret er a king's palace.' It is the law of
;he universe. They who lov truth and
lerve" her, receive a trua man's reward
louses and lands in the rosed time, and
n the tim to come, life eternal. Chang,
ng an "old poem a little;
fhen to aide with truth I noble.
Though we share her wretched crust, '
for her eau brings fame and profit.
And 'tis prosperous to be just.
Bible Translation.
- On hundred years ago the Bible
Was current In some forty languages
--today In some four hundred. . It is
necessary to use sixty different sets
of type to print In' these many
tongues, while some fifty languages
require to be printed In more char
icters than one tu be loglblo to nil
races and creeds m that particular
country. Again, - to translate the
Bible Into one foreign tongue is In it
self a work of more than a lifetime
very often. What must be then the
labor required to kvn some barbaric
tongue which has no writing, no char
acters or alphabet ot Its own, and to
supply all deficiencies before the tank
of translation can begin? Moreover,
the biblical metaphors snd similes
have to be altered snd made compre
hensible to untutored minds. One
translator, Henry Nott by name, spent
twenty years in Tahiti to learn the
language, after which ha apent an
other twenty yenrs In translating tho
book Into t'lo TshlUm tntr'm'. 1 .4.
Au' you hadn't got n bile.
. i K a-iHiinlu' ulirlit: '
Suppnsiu' 'tit Mien you tbo t of your
frit-mis " '
Who would luff and jeor at you;
What would you do lu a oeae like that,
What do you s'puie you'd dor
Wnl, we'll say 'nt you'd give It up ,
Au' doggBdly row ufliore,
Doclariii' nt fute wtia ng In you so
It whs ufii't'ss to try no nioiv;
But suppoin' you sec a man on tn
bunk
With some boss, eny a dozen or two,
An' nuppo.-in' bo cl sell 'cm to you fur a
SOIIC, '
Wbut ia you a'poro you'd do?
Wouldn't yon kind o' smile at him,
An' i-a'tiiiutly louk iilniiit,
Befurci on i-L-ui'lit'd tU-ep down lu your
('ltd lies
To html your wu'.let out !
Au' wouldn't ymi lower your voico to
any,
"T his, you know'ii, 'twixt me im'you"?
Isn't Hint ju t tli' way you'd ui-tf
Isn't thm wbut you'd do.'
Au' then when clown thro' tli' streets ot :
tint town
Your iidiniriii' friend, ns they'd pass, .
Would Htop lo con:;riitiilnUi yuu nxy ask
Fur til' secret of catching Iiiims,
Wouldn't you tell 'em Halting wuz kind
of a kini"k
'At wu only uoqiitred by a few!
Isn't that n but you'd snv now?
I. n't Unit what you'd dor
National Hportsmuu.
JUST FOR FUN
"la JcnkB ono of the early settlersf
"No. Ho has owed me $10 for as many,
years." Detroit Free Press.
Fuddy I hear somebody has discov
ered the microbe of senility. Duddy
It must be a mean old thing.
"Wbat was it Franklin said? It':
you'd have a thing well done' "
"Tell your cook you like It raro," In
terrupted Stibbubs. Philadelphia .
Pross.
Kuropatkln "I wait the Japanese
ailvance with confidence." The Czar
"But why wait?" Kuropatkln "How
otherwise, can 1 show my confidence?"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Editor We will pay you either at
the rato of one dollar per word or five
thousand dollars per Idea, as you elect .
Distinguished Author The former le
er the better way, I think. Puck.
Grimes A woman's wearing of an
engagement ring is a queer custom, '
when you come to think about It '
Grant It is a left-handed way of tell
ing the world she Is going to be mar
ried. "Mrs. Gettum is- going to give a
si inking shower for her daughter.
not?" "Because after a shower there Is
no use for the hose." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Shinestand Customer Why do you
charge only a nickel for a shine, my -lad?
Shinestand Kid So that th' guy
wid only a dime t spend will have a -nickel
left fer a tip see? Baltimore '
American.
Lawyer Then, too, there will be "
the court-crier's fee. Fair Litigant
(breach of promise) Oh, I shall do
my own crying. I should never think
ot trusting anybody else to do that
Good ness, no! Puck.
"Father," said the small boy, "what
is an investigation?" "An Investiga- '
tlon, my son, is usually an effort to lo
cate the responsibilities for a disaster ,
after It's too lute to make "r-1"fr- iits.
Washington Star.
Mrs. McCall Is Mrs. Gassaway at
home? The Servant Faith, she Is not,
ma'am, be great good luck; but ye'd
best l'ave yer card an' skedaddle away
fur she's like to be in anny minyute
now. Philadelphia Press.
Long-Tailed Dog Don't you get tir
ed of everlastingly wagging that little
stump of yours? Stump-Tailed Dog
No; it feels lust as If the tall was all
there, and I get just as much fun out
of the exercise as you do, with a good
deal less work. Chicago Tribune.
"Did you encourage your daughter's
literary ambition?" "Decidedly," an
swered the matter-of-fact woman. "It
she has the gossiping InsrtrreVJt is
bound to come out, and she d better
making up stories about Imaginary
people than about the neighbors."
Washington Star.
Bessie Harry is a dear boy,' and I
have made tip my mind. to marry him.
Kitty You've changed your mind all
ot a sudden. Bessie Yes; last night
he told me bla mother was, probably,
thq, poorest, cook that ever lived. After
that, you know, I couldn't help feeling
drawn toward him. ' I'm siire we shall
live very happily together." . ' -'
Badger Should think , you'd be
afraid somebody would shoot you
when you asked "Is your life Insured?"
A man might mistake your meaning,
you know, and think you had dropped
In to murder him. ' , Browser I never
bad anybody offer to shoot me; but on
several occasions I have only escaped
being kicked out by presence of mind
and nimble heels.
"Dear me!", exclaimed Myrtllla, aa
she returned from the book shops,
"summer fiction Is so very expensive."
"I get all the summer fiction I can
read," replied "the wise young man,
"and It cost me only a quarter." "Gra
cious! How Is It possible?" "Oh, I
write twenty-five postal cards to the
same number ot beach and .mountain,
resorts, requesting them to send me
their descriptive booklets," Chicago
Dally Newa --'. . , ' ,
Marconle Verse.
Marconlc verse Is verse written In
more than one language or one Inn-
-fcuage twisted to appear like another.
For example, a long poem on wine,
datin gfrom early In the sixteenHLOcn.
tury, begins; ;
The best tree, if ye take Intent,"
Inter llgna friictlfera.
Is the Vine tree by good argument,
Dulcla ferens pondera.
Another example of the second 1
mentioned Is Dean Swiff's lmif;
I At In poem brrinlng "Mollis p
hn;;m ncutl," t h In Eiij;l!t:h r
":.!'y's a It. t y, l.i t an r '