PRESS,
VOLUME XIX.
FIUNKLIN. N. CL W EBNESDA Y. OCTOBER 5, 1904.
FRANKLIN
HPT MILT
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A MOTHER'S PRAYER.
A sunbeam to earth came straying,
1. trough valley ami wood and glade,
Till .t chanced on a tiny vottngo,
Aud thore for a irlillo It stuyoJ. ,
Tor it found a inotlier sighing.
With a Wei-iiK i half-ooufosaed.
That her child mlslit ooase Iu playing,
And go for a wUUe to rout.
All titty Rile had worked unaided,
Whllo her husband went to reap.
And she prayed, as slu rooked the cra
dle, ThRt her child might foil asleep.
And the sunbeam, full of pity
Bped to Ihe distiuit wen,
Bearing a shining tear-drop
It had found on tho tuother't breast.
Aunt PricRett'sDream.
By Helen Forrest Craves.
"Do you believe In dreams?"
t started from the half doze into
which I had fallen. Id the cid-fashtonad
country stage-coach, which rumbled so
drowsily along the road. It was an
evening In December; the gray, storm'
threatening day closing into yet gray
er twilight; the earth gleaming white
In Its mantle of snow, save where dense
pine woods, like groups of black-
draped monks, were huddled together,
their gloomy booths thrlllinsr In (he
bleak blast
My onl'TjS-hipanion was an old lady
In a qui! .raveling dress of marcon
merino, add a silk liood edged round
with swansdown, through which her
plump face beamed like a ripe winter
apple. Old ladies are not always spec
tacled ogresses, and this old lady was
really and absolutely pretty, with her
fresh complexion, her bands of smooth,
silvery hair, and the bltio eyes which,
even how, were bright and sparkling
enough for a damsel of Pi.
She had entered the stage at the
last stopping place, and was going on
to Wharton, which place happened also
to be my Own dcs'Inatlon, and we had
been very chatty and social together,
until the dusk, and the lulling rootlcn,
and my own weariness for I had come
from New York that morniug bad
somehow half enticed me Into that de
batable land which Is neither slumber
bor waking.
"Do I believe In dreams?' I repeated,
"Yes no I really can't tell."
"Well, I do." said my companion, who
had previously Informed me thnt her
name was Prlikctf, and that nhe was n
widow, and that her deceased husband
was In the lumber business, and that
she was going to Wharton to attend
the wedding of a wealthy and favorite
niece, together with various and sundry
other Items, equally interesting and
miscellaneous. "I think they're sent to
us like a kind o' warnin'. Prlckett
never could see the thing as I did. Ho
always held out to hfs dyln' day, that
if you dreamed a thing 'twas nothln'
more than chance; and he hadn't no
i superstitK
J neither a
F,""---iUia-rrd'i
Buperstitious feelin'a 'bout Fridays,
always claimed that one of
s "days was as good as an
other."
"I think he was quite right in that
view of the matter," I observed.
"Maybe he was; but for all that,
Mary Plner, my own second ccusln's
darter, was married on a Friday to a
Oabrlelson out In Iowa a real stir
rln', forehanded young feller and they
hadn't been man and wife a year afore
a tree he was a-cuttin' down fell on
him and crushed his skull. And ptisan
Bean, she was born on Friday, and she
was the onlucklest creetur. Fell
downstairs afore she was two year old
and hurt her spine; had smallpox; lost
both her parents o' fever when she
wan't 10, and finally got killed In a
railroad accident."
"All these might have been mere
coincidences," I argued.
"That was Just what Prlckett used
to say; but, good land! life ain't made
up entirely of coincidences. But we
was a-talkln about dreams, and I was
agoln' to tell you a thing that most
shook Prlckett's onbellef, two or three
years afore ho died. He died on a
Friday, too," observed the old lady.
"Wall, it was the day afore Christmas,
and be was goln' on a long jcurney by
rail to see arter a lot o' pine timber
that was to be shipped somewhere
down south. The 6.40 train be was go
In' to take, so I laid out everything the
night afore, so's to be ready Prlckett
was al'ays a dretful puuetooal man.
But In the night I had the most awful
dream dead bodies all lyln' round
with their arms and legs broken, and
great bloody gashes on 'em, and I
waked up, all In a cold sweat, and says
I, 'Prlckett, for the good Lord's sake,
den't go today! I've had such a
dream!' And I up and told him; and
he poohpoohed me, and called me a sil
ly old woman to be disturbed by a
dream. And be was goln' all the same.
But the horse that was to take him
down to the station broke-his leg on
the Ice afore it ever got to our house,
so he had to wait till the 12 express,
and I felt so worried like about him
nothln' would answer but I must get
ready and go along too. 80 when
Prlckett saw how I . felt about It, lie
didn't make no cbjectlon, for he was a
dretful considerate man, and we took
the 12 express. . And don't ye think,
when we got to Dayton, there had been
a awful railroad accident on the 6.40
trait that very morning, and there wis
the cars ail smashed up, and the peo
ple lyln' all round, JuBt exactly as 1
had seen 'em In my dream, for help
hadn't come till cur J rain reached 'em!
Th?re what do you think of that?"
"It was a very singular combination
of circumstances, certainly!"
"And that ain't tie only queer dream
I had as has coma true. There was my
sister Mallna, that married Deacon
Ritter. I dreamed one night I saw her
a-countln' gold pieces, into a eartbern
crock, ccuntln up to 400, and It was
so real like that next day I went up
to t'ae deacon's and tcld my dream."
."Well," says .Malina. "If that ain't
qneer! The deacon's just got a let
ter from his cousin's lawyer that he's
belr to $400 out o' the old man's es
tate!" - .!
She nodded the quilted silk hcod at
me with an air of triumph that I could
not well controvert
"But what set me to thlnkln' on
these old time stories was a dream I
had last night, 'bout this very same
niece I'm goln' to see, and It's wor
ried me all day leng."
"Indeed, and what was Itf.. .'.,"'"
And It told the tato to a moonbeam
Tnat it passed on Its Journoy home,
Thou dropped the tear iu the ocean,
To be lost in the seething foam.
Aud the mooubeam sted to the collage,
Straight from the heaven above,
Ami curried the child on its bosom
To a land of infinite love.
And the sunbeam, proud and happy,
At the thought of a kindness done,
Looked iu next day at the window,
With a inewngo of lovt- from the suu.
Dut it fouud the mother weeping,
For Aow she could only pray
Tliut her child might come buck from
its long, long lost. '
Raok to tuc earth and play.
' - , Gordon Meggy.
"Well, I'll tell you. You see I was
kind o' wakeful, thlnkln' about the
Journey today, and It was most mid
night afore I got to sleep. And it
sterns as If 1 hadn't fairly closed my
eyes when I was In the little back par
lor at' Wharton, and Helen that's my
niece, Helen Powers lyln' cn a sofa
asleep. And there was a tall, slim,
geuteol-lookin' man stealln' up side
ways, with a dagger, kind o' shlnln' In
the firelight for it was dusk In my
dream, just as it Is now and he
seemed to strike It right square Into
her heart, and I slltin' by like a log,
not able to move either hand or foct.
But, for all that, it didn't kill her
only seemed to paralyze her, like! And
I was doln' my best to scream out,
when I waked up, all of a tremble,
with the dawn Just beginnln" to peep
In the eastern sky!"
Mrs. Prlckett had begun to cry scft
ly. "My dear madam," I reasoned with
her, soothingly," do not allow the fan
tasies of a dream to disturb you thus.
Probably you had eaten something that
disagreed with you, cr "
"Yes, yes,' that's just what Prlckett
uwd to say, but for all that I'm mor
ally certain th.t something's goln' to
happen to Helen. Anil law sakes
alive, how it snows!"
We had stopped at a little wayside
Inn, and my companion's attention was
fcr the first time in some little period
attracted to the outer world of storm,
and pitchy darkness.
"You don' s'pese we'll be snowed up,
ir?" she questioned, as, the mails
having been delivered, we rolled on
once again.
V, "Hardly, madam, , We must be with-
tirne of two miles of Wharton new."
"I shall be glad when we get there,"
she said, with a little shudder. "I
can't nowadays get that slim feller
with the sinister mouth and the long,
black balr, a strikln' at poor Helen's
heart, out o' my mind! If the dream
.hadn't been so vivid, I wouldn't ha'
thought so much of It. Won't ycu have
a seedcake, ir?"
.She was diving down Into the hos
pltnble depths of her big traveling bag.
"Thanks, not any."
"-nt far to go arter you reach Whar
ton?" About a mile."
"friends to meetfyouT"
"I think sc."
"It's,a dretful night!"
Und once more we subsided Into si
lence, until the suburban lights of the
overgrown village of Wharton roused
my companion onco more lototfie talk
ative mood.
The stage had scarcely stopped bc
fcre a clear voice, sweet and musical as
a bell, challenged Mrs. Prlckett.
"Aunty, darling, I knew you would
come! Prince Is here waiting with the
close carryall! i came down myRelf to
make sure of yon!'
"You're sartin you're well, Helen?"
questioned Aunt Prlckett., gazing eager
ly Into one of the prettiest faces I
had ever seen a pure oval, with pink
cheeks, brilliant, hazel eyes, and deep
crimson Hps, perhaps a trifle too full
for the exact regulation limit of beau
ty. "Well, I never was better in my life.
What possesses you to ask such a ques
tion, you dear, fussy old aunty?"
And Mrs. Pritchett was triumphantly
dragged away, while I turned to find
the friend who I confidently believed
was expecting me.
But no friendly countenance met
mine in the glocm and darkness of the
stormy winter's night There had evi
dently been some misunderstanding.
However, I believed I could with suffi
cient ease walk the mile or two It was
a straight road to Eden Hall, I had
been told, and I was Just "striding forth
Into the darkness when Aunt Prlckett's
shrill voice hailed me, and I saw her
rosy old face, thrust out between the
curtains of a substantial family ve
hicle, driven by a gray-headed eld ne
gro and drawn by a pair of fat, white
horses.
"Young man, I thought your friends
were goln' to .meet yon?"
"So I supposed, but as they are not
here, I am going to walk to Eden
Hall."
"To Eden Hall!',' chimed a softer
vclce. "Impossible on such a night as
this! Why, It Is full two miles from
here."
"Jump In," cried Mrs. Prlckett.
'There's lots o' room at our house, and
you can go on tomorrow morn In'.
"But," I hesitated, "I am a stranger,
and"
"Aunt Prlckett does not regard ycu
as such," said Helen; "and we really
cannot allow yon to risk your life thus.
My coachman shall drive you to Eden
Hall tomorrow. If you will consent to
become cur guest for, the night" :
I doffed my cap and acknowledged
this ready -aud gracious hospitality,
not at all averse to entering the snug
carriage, which speedily deposited us
it the door of a handsome, spacious,
country house.
- The gray-haired ccachman's counter,
part, a turbaried mulatto woman, conr
ducted me to a cosy chamber, where a
bright fire blazed, rid a pair of wax
candles Jeut additional light to the
apartment 1 -,
V'Supper'U be ready In 15 minutes,
Ir," she said; alter calling my atten
tion to the ewer of hot water, and the
well-aired towels, and disappeared.
In considerable less than IS minutes
I had descended Into the wide, square
hill, where a vividly colored Turkey
carpet covered' -the Boor, and an open
rate fire bitted cheerily on the hearlh.
lira. Prlckett hurriedly entered through
another door as I advanced toward the
mantel.
"I've had turn," she, ejaculated,
breathlessly, holding both hands over
her heart, and then, for the first time,
I discovered how very pale she was.
"Good Heaven, Mrs. Prlckett! what
is the matter?" .,
"M'o the very man I saw in my
dream the slim, tnil mm; I recog
nised the face the Instant I saw him,
and It was all I cculd do to prevent
Helen from suspecting. What shall I
do?" and she wrung her hands spas
modically. "Helen must never niairy
that man, there will evil come of it If
she does, and the weddln' r'ay is to
morrow." .'
"My dear, madam, surely you would
never allow a mere dream -" -
"It's more than a mere dream," she
interrupted with Intense eagerness;
"It's a warnin', and we must give heed
to it Hush! they're comln'!'"
The next moment the door optned,
and Miss Powers entered leaning on
the arm of her affianced husband.
"Aunt Prlckett has not yet told me
the, name of her friend," she began,
gayly; "but "
"Charles Buckingham!1' I ejaculated,
staring Into the face that was strangely
familiar to me.
"Harry Kuyvett!" he echoed, and
then bit his lip, as If vexed at himself.
"We are no strangers," I said, feel
ing myself grow deadly pale and.flu3h
again; but calling all my s-ilf-posses-slon
to my aid; "on the contrary. I
have known f!r. Buckingham all my
life, and not only himself, but his de
serted and neglected wife, now living
not a mile away from my native
place."
He ground his teetfi savagely.
"It Is a He," he cried, "a foul fabri
cation ! "
"It Is the truth, and I am prepared
to prove it to this young lady whose
future yen had so nearly blighted."
Aunt Prlckett uttered a cryas she
sprang to where Helen had fallen,
white and senseless, on the sofa.
"It's my dream! I saw her Just so In
my dream!" she cried hysterically.
Buckingham glared at me like a wild
beast.
"You shall account for this tomc--row!"
he hissed, aud darted out of the
room beforo I could reply.
But ncno of tin ever saw Charles
Buckingham again. His plots for en
snaring the wealthy heiress had been
frustrated the very moment of their
fruition, and he knew well that flight
was his only safety. '
The symbolical dagger of Aunt
Prlckett's dream had gone deeply Into
Helen's heart, but the wound was not
fatal, as Is proven by the fact that she
is now my wife, and our two rcsy lit
tle ones are playing on the' carpet at
my feet as I write. Aunt Prlckett
lives with us, and Is a full of omens,
warnings end superstltons as ever, and
believes most firmly In dreams. So do
I, to a certain extent, for was It not
Indirectly Aunt Prlckett's dream that
won me my darling wife? New Ycrk
Weekly.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Wearing monocles, tho latest fasn
lon for ladles, a crazo recently started
iu Parin by ladles of the Servian col
ony, Is extending to London.
The largest book in the world Is In
tho British Museum. It is an atlas,
measuring R feet 10 Inches by 3 feet 2
Inches, and weighing closo upon two
cwt.
At Manurawa, in New South Wales,
a young woman has trained a number
of huge eels to answer her call, to
climb the bank, and permit her to lift
them.
Chinese firemen seem to be Im
mune to ihe fierce heat of the fire
room on ocean steamers, and stand up
to temperature that would prostrate
white men.
General Joubert's chair, made of
ebony, bok horns and hides, and cap
tured from the laager at Llsabon, near
Lydenburg, Is now treasured by Lleut
Col. Urlnston, at Glen'nroven, sound of
Mull.
That meteors contain gold has been
demonstrated before the Koyal society
of New South Wales. This suggests
that the thousands of tons of motoorlc
dust which falls upon the earth each
year deposits gold everywhere.
Kltasto, a Japanese .microscoptst,
first showed that the pin-shaped mi
crobe of lockjaw lives In tho earth. In
order that It may multiply and poison
the blood It must be deep In a wound
so that the air does not reach It
In the automatic apparatus for mak
ing altitude and temperature tracings
in balloons sent above to heights In
which Ink would be frozen. Professor
Ossman has Invented a pen . which
writes red with saltpetre Ink on lamp
blacked paper.
When he was but a school boy In
the Jesuits' college at Dl.'on Jacques
Bossuet was known as one of tbe
best classical scholars In Europe. At
eight Louis de Bourbon, prince of
Conde, was a perfect Latin scholar.
Three years later he published a work
on rhetoric, and at seventeen he was
appointed governor of Burgundy. . '
The Mexican postal department has
taken a new and novel means of in
forming the public of weather4 bulle
tins g Iven out by tho weather bureau.
Every letter which passes through
the office Is now stamped with the In
dications for the next 24 hours. This
stamping Is done at the same time
that the postage stamps on the letters
are canceled and the receiving stamps
affixed.
- The habitat of the ' elder . duck,
whose down Is so highly, valued, prac
tically coincides with that of the polar
bear. - It I found on all arctic coasts,
but also lives considerably south of
the southern limits of the polar bear,
The time was when the-elder duck
girded all the northern coast lines of
the world with Its myriad nests; but
the bird has been so mercilessly hunt
ed that It has now disappeared from
thousands of beetling cliffs along thf
sea where It was former!:' known.
To Preserve Fence Posts. .
Take boiled oil and mix with pulver
ized charcoal to the thickness of paint,
and paint the posts with this mixture.
Posts treated In this way will last
twice as long. Poplar and basswood
posts can be made to last as long as
any others by using this paint, which
will cost but two cents a post--H. C.
Hemmlngsen In The Epltoroist
Mange en Swine.
Mange on swine Is caused by filth
and unnatural conditions. It Is due to
minute parasites, which burrow, un
der the skin. It cannot be 'easily
cured, but If the animals are thorough
ly scrubbed on a warm day, using. car
bolic acid scan, then well rinsed, and
when dry thxroughly anointed, with
a mixture of four parts lard and one
part kerosene, twojor throe tlnMja, and
given clean cuarters, the mange will
disappear if the animals are" then
kept clean. t
Ab?ut Radishes.
Radishes grow ery quickly, and
will get out of tbe way of other plants
In time to give them an opportunity to
push forward. Heme, In order to save
room radish seed may la sown
as they also serve to Bhow the rows
of plants that are slow of growth. The
Long Scarlet variety is one of the
best In order to have them crisp and
tender they should be pushed forward
as rapidly as possible. They ire eas
ily forced In cold frames and every
one should tnlto advantage of such
opportunities.
Thin Out Plants.
When plants aro crowded they com
pote for plant food and moisture. Tbe
thinning of plants in the rows will en
able the grower to secure a crop dur
ing a dry season when It would, be Im
possible lo do so if they are crowded
In tho .rows. Every weedy that grows
near another plant takes from the soil
thjelemenfs for the' support of that
lant and appropriates "Bioliijure that
may bo desirable. The best rejnedy.
for drought is thorough cultivation,
which destroys weeds and preveuts es
cape of moisture.
The Morning Feeding.
Feeding too often is a serious mis
take. If the hens are In good condi
tion for laying they will thrive much
better If compelled to 'ome off the
roost In the morning and scratch for
their breakfast than If they walk up to
a feed trough and fill their crops. The
morning feed of grain and seeds may
be scattered In tbe litter after they
are on the roosts at night, so that they.
can begin as early in the morning as
thoy desire. Before going to roost at
'night they may be given all the can
eat. They will digest all that the crop
will hold before morning. Mirror and
Farmer.
Fences.
The question often arises as to
whether fences are necessary to sepa
rate the flocks. If no males ire used
with the hens, and each flock is kept
In a separate house, they wllf respect
boundaries simply because If the hen
strays Into some other flock than her
own the other hens to which she Is a
stranger will fall upon her and give
her a chastisement. This may -be
tested at any time by placing a strange
hen In a yard of fowls. She will be
treated with cruelty and will have to
keep out of tbe way until she-gradual-ly
becomes acquainted with all the
members of the flock.
KIM Early Weeds.
One-half the labor of summer may
be avoided by killing the early weeds.
If the ground has been put in a fine
condition much of tbe work of weed
destruction may be done with the
hand-wheel hoe. which works close to
the smallest plants, without Injury.
It weeds get a start they will greatly
retard the cultivated plants and keep
them from making fair growth, before
summer, at which .season there is al
ways liability of drought. Weeds can
be eradicated from a farm entirely by
systematically working against them
and preventing them from seeding and
multiplying, a the large majority of
weeds are annuals.
Feeding Hogs Tqo Long.
The Oregon Experiment station con-'
ducted an experiment In pig feeding to
determine the effect of continuing to
feed fat hogs after they had reached
their apparent maximum condition.
The hogs were fed 92 days, at least 30
days longer - than It Is profitable ,to
feed for fattening, as a rule. The Brat
15 days of the period one pound 'of
gain was made for each 4.15 pounds
of peas and barley, mixed, consumed
the grain fed. ' The next 15 days-It
took 6.40 pou&us to make a pound of
gain; the next tf.02 pounds; the next
8.88 pounds. The fifth period, or from
the GOtb to "5th day, It took '17.60
pounds to make a pound of gain, and
from the 75th to the 2d it required
19.64 pounds to produce that result
This suggests the bad policy of "hold
ing hogs for a better market" after
they are in marketable condition. -
Seed Hints.
In using seed the climate must be
taken Into consideration. Corn Is a
semi-tropical plant, and requires plen
ty of warmth.. Many farmers are led
astray by tempting Inducements to try
varieties that are prolific endeavor
ing to seenre certain, kinds that pro
duce from three to four ears on each
stalk. What Is most desired is eurly
maturity ; but the greater the number
of ears and the taller the stalk, tho
longer the time required for growth,
and hence tho farmer should aim-to
select the kind that he knows will ma
ture In his section, though he should
endeavor to seenre the best that Is
most suitable to his soli. 'Corn Is a
gross feeder, and cannot be Injured by
too much well-rotted manure, especial
ly if tile - ground Is thoroughly pro-
Garden
pared. As a ."starter" In the . hills,
which Is not necessary on all soils,
some good brand of fertilizer may b
used.
Farm Notes.
Never feed little chickens more that
they will eat at a tjme.
Wash, scald, clean, whitewash ani
disinfect the henhouses.
Poorly shsped eggs are not good for
hatching; use or sell them.
Epsom salts In the drinking water
is a cure for colds In chicks.
- In profitable butter making It Is all
Important to s-jlt your customers.
For best results do not have the
Wale related to the rest of the flock.
Keep the dust boxes In the sun; tbe
hens like It and it keeps the dust dry.
A little feed will often savo a good
deal of time In milking a restless cow.
Sweet potatoes and cornmeal are
excellent for fattening fowls for mar
ket. A cow, In order to be a prolific yield
er of milk, must be a hearty eater with
good digestive powers. ;
Dairying, like any other business, is
most successful when grown Into grad
ually, as excellence is gained.
There are ti-nes when the best of
stock does not pay as one would wish,
but when Roorl stoclt Is not paying It's
a poor lookout for the Inferior kind.
OLD-TIME FLOWERS IN FASHION.
They Last Logger and Fewer Are
Needed And They Are Cheapest.
Flowers that flourished In grand
mother's garden are the fashion now.
Folks who are ntayiag In town, either
from choice or necessity, are ordering
hollyhocks, larkspur, phlox, thrift,
marigolds and the like for decorations,,
and the gardens about the big country
places are filled with blossoms that
bring back childhood's days. '
The old-time flowers have many
things In their favor. First of all,
they ire cheap, for lliey aro easily cul
'tWn.ted. Then they are thoroughly
decoratlYand, almost without excep
tion, possess a. pungent, telling Odor
that speaks of the elrth.
"Another thing in their favor," as a
Broadway florist argued, "Is their last
Ing quality. By adding fresh water
and a bit of salt each day the old
fashioned summer flowers will hold
their form, color and fragrance tot a
week or more.
"Then, a few of these flowers go
such a long way. Americans are at
last learning the way of arranging
flowers properly. What could be moro
hldeoiiB than formal bouquets of flow
ers here and there in a house?
"In Japan the art of arranging flow
ers Is taught. In manuals just as we
teach the multiplication table here.
Every girl there at a very tender age
begins this study. Each day her task
Is to change the flowers In every room
In the house. They fully appreciate
the besuty of the solitude In floral dec
orations, and I will never forget tho
expression of a bigh Japanese official's
face when he came Into my shop Just
after landing In this country and Raw
the bouquets for a bride and her six
maids. I could almost see the cold
chills chasing one another up and
down his spine.
"In Japan one ses a single iris, a
single peony, a stalk of azalea, one
blossoming branch of tho cherry, or a
few bright green leaves In the beauti
ful vases hanging from their polished
posts. One never sees a lot of flow
ers of this, that and the other kind
pushing and crowding each other . In
the same vase.
"The old-time garden flowers so
much the rage now do not lend them
selves happily to this cruel crowding,
and so I say they are a good fashion
in the aesthetic sense of the term."
New York Sun.
Intoxicated Wasps.
Wasps have a great fondness for
overripe fruit, especially pears, plums
and sweet apples. The sugar of these
fruits has a tendency to pass Into a
kind of alcohol In tbe ordinary proc
ess of rotting, and after Imbibing
large quantities of this liquid the
vaspl become outrageously intoxicat
ed. They crawl away in the grass In
a seml-aomnolent condition and. re
main till the effects have passed off,
when they will go at It again. It' It
while In this condition, that they dc
their worst stinging. A person receiv
ing a sting front one of these lntoxlcat
3d wasps, will suffer severely from
nerve poisoning for days. "
Curious Custom.
A curious custom has Just been cele
brated at Klin, near Moscow. All the
marriageable girls In tbe town lined
up In the principal atreet. decked out
n their simple finery, many of them
also having with., them the stock of
linen, household and personal, which
forms part of their dowry. The young
nen contemplating ' matrimony then
walked down the serried ranks of
beauty as they moved towards the
church, and selected the girls of their
choice. ( A formal visit to the parents
to arrange details was then made In
each1 case, and a date fixed foe the
ceremony. .
Seven Feet Left.
The Guide Well, here we are on
tbe peak at last
The Tourist Oh, guide! do - you
mean to say we ean get no higher?
Don't ssy that I can ascend no farther.
' The Guide Well, you can climb np
this alpenstock it you want to. It's
seven feet long. .-
Turning the Turf, r.'-'V-"Nearly
time for turning over the
turf, Isn't it, old man?" asked the
yonng man of the farmer. .
"Yes," replied the countryman, look
ng at his plaid hose; "better be get
ting your golf sticks ready.' Yonkerr
Statesman.
A. SERMON FOR SUNDAY
KH ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY THE
REV. C. CAMPBELL MOSCAN, D. D.
tnbjcotl The Attractiveness and Eicln
slvansss of Jems Listen to the Call
ef Chrllt-Ue Will Urook Mo Division
ol Tour Loyalty,
Lohdow, Enoi.aso, Tho foliowinR
Krmon, entitled "The Attractiveness nd
Exclusiveness of Jesus," was preached
here on a recent Sunday by the Rev. T.
Campbell Morgan, D. D. Ho took for his
tt: Then said Jesus unto His disciples,
if any man will come after Mo let him
deny himself and take up his cr?s and
lollow Me. St. Jlntthcw 16:24.
There were two facts about Jes-is Christ
which no one can read the Uospol re
cords without reooiniziiig; facts which
appear to be contradictory, but which, si
a matter of fact, are complementary, and
llw-understnnding of which reveals for
all time tlia - method of the Mister in
dealing with men. I refer to facts of
the attractiveness and exclusiveness ol
Jesus. .
There can be no question about the
former: there can equally be no question
about the latter to those who have care
fully read the records and have seen the
methods of Jesus while He was here
among men. He was constantly drawing;
people to Him, and He was perpotuallv
holding them aloof. By the very win
omeness of His person. He woe drawing
n.en aud women of all sorts ami condi
tions, at all times and in all places to
Himself, and yet by the uttering of words
so severe, so searching;, so drastic, making
us tremble evea to-doy. He held men
back from Him.
I venture to say that the wonls I read
to you this morning from the Gospel of
I.uke come to those who are most familiar
with them bringing a sense of surprise.
We never rer.d them without feeling more
or less startled by them "Unless you
hate father and mother, husband and wire,
parent and child, vou cannot he Mv dis
ciple."' We have attempted to account f ir
these words, but: I do not hesitats to say
that in some senses they hove staggered
the faith of many, and yet there they
stand.
And not there only, but through M
His teaching there is evident the utme
method of Christ, that of holding men
bick just as they were approaching Him:
drawing them to Himself by multitudes
and tne.i holding the crowd (is they
pressed upon linn, and sifting them with
such surprising words as these. Now there
must be a reason for this, and it is for
tint reason that I want to look, with you,
a little this morning.
But first allow me to say a few words on
this fact of ' the attractiveness of Jcsms.
because the more clearly we recognize anil
understand that, the more clearly dia l
we understand, as I think, the o;hcr truth
of His perpetual method of holding men
beck and excluding certain persons from
llose companionship with Himself.
Take tiiet, then, this grc.it f.ut of Ilia
attractiveness, the most fascinating sub
ject on which to peak. Remember, I
pray you, that if tho Gospel records re
veal ono thing more clearly than another
they reveal that Jesus was, somehow or
other, a Person that drew men to Hiai
irresistibly.
I go back to those silent years at Naza
reth con.-eniing which we know so v, ry
little. You will it-nu-mber that on tim e
days J.uke opens for us jm,t a little won
dow tliroiiRh which we look when he says,
"He was subject to His parents, and grew
in favor with God and with man." I do
not stop une moment to dwell on the
statement thntUjLgrew in favor with
God, although itilMtfainterestins
statement, but just for "Wor the
sake of our argument Swlux
jiart of it; "He grew WWWTwH" man."
fake that as it is simply stated, and you
at once see a picture of the boy growing
up to be a youth, and passing from youth
into young manhood until He became tho
Carpenter of Nazereth, known to all tho
little town that nestled among the lulls,
jus, removed from the highways of life.
This is ail the truth tint i.i revealed. If I
majf reverently put it, Jeus was a favorite
in Nazareth, lam not sure that that doesn't
almost startle you, because somehow or
other we have coins to think that holiness
is almost always accompanied by angular
ity, and there is a popular idea that if a
man is good he never can be a favorite. It
is a great mistake. It is by tho nuusin-a
in which a man lacks holiness that a man
is not in favor.
Hero is a man living in Nazereth. and
He is a favorite. I A not want to bit
that into a super-spiritual realm, but ii
you have no imagination you can jutt go to
sleep for two minutes while I imagine 1
look into that window and I see the Car
penter t His wotk. and I tell you what I
see. He is 11 faVorite. I tec children tak
ing their toys to Ilim to bo mended, and I
m quite sure He mended them. I r,cc
young men going at eventide fb take theii
problems with them because they know
He is sane, honest and pure. I think 1 sec
old men, upon whose brow already "sat
light that never was on land or sea,'' talk
ing to Him because He lias such a wonder
ful way of talking about "Ky Father's
house" and "the many mansions;" a favor
ite, sane and strong, and pure, and attract
ive as to personality.
I know full well that a little later on
these same men took Him to a hill aud
tried to murder Him, but that was the re
sult of something else to be discovered
later. The ptre, human, ritnpic life of
Jesus was, in itself, attractive, and Luke
lays, "He grew in favor."
Jjeave tjosc hidtlcn vcars and look at
Ilim just for one rap.d mo:nent as lie
treads the pathway upon which a, tierccr
light falls than ever fed upon a throne
the pathway of the public teacher, a id if
you rc.d tbeso Cospcl stories the one thing
that strikes you is tho fact of the multi
tudes around about Jesus Christ. Wher
ever He went t'uey followed Him. If He
went out into the city the counury peo-ilc
erowded the streets to be near Ilim; ii lie
went out into the country place the city
men end women flocked after Him, follow,
ing Him so far that at times there was n
chance for then to provide themselves
with food, and Ho had to feed them; for
in their eancrnco to follow they had for
gotten food and had forgotten distance.
And wherever He went they came after
Him.
I am not saying that these multitn le
eriwned Hiu; that is not ny point, but
Ho drew the people after Hin. . The o n
tning they cou.d not do with Jesus was to
let litim alone; they came, whether to crit
iciso Hin or crown Him is not now tho
question; the point is, that He drew met
and worsen after Hira in all those days ol
His earthly life. 'J. hey came after II1..1, all
sorts and conditions of men, the scholars
and the illiterate, the learned and the igno
rant, the debased, the depraved, they all
came. Of course, there were more poor
people came than rich becar.se there al
ways were mora poor people tliati there air
rich, and, of course, there were more of
the illiterate than of the learned for the
self-satie rcneon, but I p-otest against this
idea that Christ only attracted a class
'there is something about Him that at
tracts all kinds of men, and it is true in
those old days. ' 1 ;
Come, if you will, outside the Bible, uml
from the day that this Man walked among
men in Judea until now there has never
been so attractive a personality in human
history at Jesus. And I want to say this
superlative thing about Christ. No cen
tury, whatever its peculiarity, or quality,
or quantity, has produced ony person who
was so popular as Jesus Christ. He hat
always towered above His fellows, above
those historical personage that the centu
ries look back to, or to' those imaginative
personages that the centuries give to us in
tterature. Jesuit bat been Hit mnet at
tractive personage always.
I come to this very hour, TA ho it the
Host attractive personality In the world at
.his hour? It me take narrower circle.
Who is th most attractive personality in
England at this hour? 1 anwrr without
fear ef contradiction Jems Christv -
I a not saying tUt the majority of
peo'ile bsve yet crowned Him. It me
take mv illustration to the lowest level.
f .sroB think of any person in history,
"lead or alive, or anv person in Imacmafve
iterahire. that will be talked of. and
thought of. and song of. and discussed,
and criticised, nd nhused and crowned at
Jer Christ! There it rot a single theatre
in Manchester or London that can run
FhftketiKre' plavt continually. I sm
glad v.ni look ignorant, and can issure you
t don't sneak frYm any inside knowledge,
but everv one knows it to be true, 'fnrre
it not a single theatre that can exist with
out varietv. There must be change; tome
other 'genius than Shakespeare must be
forthcoming. And yet, with all our wail
abont the decadence of the church and the
failure of Christianity, every Sunday in
Manchester moro people are gathered to
gether to sing the old hymns and boar the
old sermons I beg your pardon, to hear
sermons on the old texts and listen to
the old, old story of the croes than lor any
other purpose. . I , . .
Let us beein with the Inst. When Christ
was as fond of a phrase es lie evidently
was of tint phrase "Follow lie' there
must bo some dcen signification in it. I
bave been going through my New lesta
mcnt during the Inst few months, tracing
that phrase. It has been a very interest
ing study to see bow constantly Christ
used it. ' It was the almost perpetual for
mulo of His call to individual soul 'Fol
low Me!" . .,.
Now what is it to follow! Two things
are involved. Neither of them covers all
the ground, taken aloue. Eoth are re
quircd. ,.
First, to follow, I must trust. I shall
never follow ony one I haven't confidence
in. I may trust and vet not follow.
Secondly, not only is trust, necessary, but
obedience is necessary. Christ confronts
the individual soul, bringing that soul out
from tbo crowd, ns He is carting some man
here this morning. He says, "Would you
trust Me? Then obey Me."
How am 1 going to do it? What does it
mean, this trusting and obeying? Deny
vourself, take up the cross " It seems
to me that is the point which must bo ob
served first, tli.it- t deny self is the only
wav in which von can follow Christ. How
shall I follow Him! Deny thyself fhe
two thinjs are iutimate'y routed, and it
seems to me that everything is said when
"Follow Me" is snid, and yet it is neces
sary to sav the other in order to under
ttand what He means by following Him.
What is it Christ cilia nie tor To deny
myself! Not to practice aclf-tlrnial; that
ii a vei-v eiieao business, but to deny self
a very costly matter. He says, "Deny
voursoll. I.iairn no lone,!- i inc ran or
ydur self, but listen to My call. .Don't con
sider any more whether this thing will
minister to your pleasure or to your ag
grandizement, or answer the cry of your
ambition. But Mo first." Christ say,
"Deny yourself and follow Me. J'ut Me ou
the throne and dethrone yourself. Doht
let the oitcs;mn ol lb.- morning be, What
shall I like to to. hu What will Christ
have me do: not Will this pay n;e, but will
it hasten the coming of the kingdom of
God. Don't let tbe underiyiii;;, mastering
passion of .',-. life be your on selfish
desire; crnv. n Me. follow Me."
It is a superlative en,!, end the call of
,T.-!,us is ninny- impel ial. He will brook no
division of your 1-jy.tlty, and that is wiiat
lie means. '"Vou iiias't iio.'.e fatbsr. moth
er, wife, child. Xhr.t means that when .the
foul comes into ( 0 ilai t with Me I must lie
absolutely first." Iict me stop here to say
that whenever a .ml doc that, he gets
back a hundredfold lands und fields and
mother and fjth-.i- mid children. Jesus
Christ said He must be tir:, and lie has
never lowered H1.1t standard, ami the re
liirion that is suui'.y an a id; ndani is Aorth
nothing to Him.
Jesus Cluist comes a;nl f.iy.-. "Deny
vourself." but there is li' o!br word,
''Take up the irots." Weil, what is it!
Christ's cross'.' No. No man eiu cany
Christ's cro-s. What then? Your own.
What is tins (loss? I iijn think that it
is ever Ihe -in"- ii ittn person-". The
cross is that in your li'; which immediate
ly costs you Bumclhitu if you crown
Christ. There is u'biuint-.s 111.1:1 lisre this
morning who is saving in his heart, "Weil,
it tha is Chriiti.tnily, I v, ill have to go
home and change my method of business."
That is your cro. . Time is a young man
hiTejHfj mtU"H tint Is Christianity, it
"if means inittinTrt-'tiri! A.Jt. tbJ will
have to fco home and Rivrrun t
ionsbin." That is vour cross.
hero savs. "If that is what Christ llfea1
that 1 iini not to listen to Hie call of my
own life, I shall have lo go homo und say
I" was wrong and euulrss my wrong to
those to whom it is io hard 10 confess it."
'J'lut is y..ur e;n-s. .And somebody else
says, "If'that is I iwistianity l shall have
to' go back 011 mv hi-dory, throw 11(1 every
thing 1 am it'1. i ',; au-.l go into t'io minis
try.' That is your ere.---.
Vou know whit yo.'.r cross it. Don't let
nny one eorno and ask nie. You know that
thing nbuli right 1:1 front of you this
mornir.-j e!i,iru-.i;;es.Hii' aliciriaucc to Jesus
rhrist. Y0.1 ranii -t play tricks with Uod.
Vou cannot deceive vour own conscience
when vou stand i'l ihe eliar light of the
1a 1 of' Chn.-t. He r.i;--. "Deny sou-self;
take in that eros land jou kno-.v v. hat it
is) and follow Me.''
lint why are Christ's terms so drastic!
For two reasons. i';it, no man ever gets
ti Christ but by tho way of ibe enthrone
ment of Jesus Christ. It is possible to ad
mire and cheer Ilim, possible to patronise
Ilim and never to know ilii,:. It is not
the crowd that gets lo Him. but the cross
tearing soul. And if you read on you will
fcav, "Whosoever would save his life shall
lost it: wl'iv-oevcr will lose his lifo for My
take sliMl tlrtl it.
Christ confronts the soul aud says virtu
ally this: "You don't understand your own
life, dear In. at. You cannot. realise your
own kingdom. You cannot build your own
character and curve out your own destiny,
but I can do it, though I tan only do it
when you have put Me absolutely on the
thro ift for your own life's life. For itt
founding arid ennobling and developing
you must come to Me, nud by thu way ol
a. whole-hearted surrender."
But there is another reason why Christ
makes His term drastir. He wants men
and women upon whom lie can depend in
the day of battle. I am quitu ture there
is nothing Jesus Christ wants at this mo
ment so much as men and women who will
go throuRh darkness a id death for Him.
You remember tbat picture of Jairut be
seeching Jesus to save his child who wat
dying, and how, with the people thronging
about Him, the Master suddenly ex
claimed, "Who touched Me?" .
Now don't let us be angry with the dil
ciples. We should have said the same
thing. "A hundred people bave touched
vou in tie lust five minutes. The multi
tude throng Thee aud press Thee, and ta
est Thou, who touched Me!"
But Jesus Christ always knows the dif
ference between the crush of a cunout
mob and the touch of a needy eoul that
has come near Him. And this morning at
this service closes I bear His voice tpeak
ing once again the attractive Christ that
hat drawn this crowd this exclusive
Christ and He says: "Who touched Mo!"
We have all jostled Him this morning.
We have all looked into His fact ogsiu.
We have all had a new consciousness . of
the infinite music of His voice. Have jrou
Sot anything out of Him? Has any virtue
ea'.cd you this morning? If not, even
now stretch out your hand and touch Him.
And to do that you must deny yourself,
crucify your pride. Having done that, lis
ten to the cry of your own life, and listen
to His imperial coll and crown Him Lord
of ail.
The home mcndtng-soclety. recently
proposed by a Chicago clergyman, will
certainly find Its work cut out for It
in almost any contemporary commu
nity Minor quarrels patched neatly
at short- notice. Matchmakers who
belong to the society will doubtless
be held responsible for all repairs In
home circles ot their Individual run
trlvance. ffO; Si .-, ' ' ' '-'-W v.
Having failed to get practical results
In producing rainfall by use of explo
sives, tbe same French experimenter
era now trying to ward oft hailstorms
by exploding bombs In advance - ot
approaching storms, with results so far
encouraging, the . Massachusetts
Ploughman states. A successful de
vice ot this kind would l(ba a treasure
tor the tobaccV growers.
Japantre workmen are obliged tc
wear on their caps and bacl.s an In
scrlption statin tbolr business n)
their employer'' name. ,
APPLE PIE. .
Ot ntht-rs praise the red, red rote.
Whore liiiuiitliig socnt none may ten
got.
But almost anybody knows
Tbe apple pie Is sweeter yet
Let others ting the dniiisol fair "
Who thralls them with bewitching
art ,, '-,..
But app'.o pie drives off my care '
Aud triiis the highway to my heart. J
And If It's cold , 1
Say one day old
I wnut ull of It I can hold I
When npplo plo has held tbe shelf '
Until It's oool nud crisp and firm,
I'll cut 11 whole big one myself -
And never murmur not a inurm't '
Why, when It's slluod It fairly smiles, V
Ami chuckles when Its honeyed Juiw
Iu tantalizing drips bvguiloi
Tbe craving that It hat tet loose.
O, if it t cold- .
Say 0110 day old
I want nil of it I oan bold!
I think I'd give away my orown,
Were I a ninn of royal birth, - '
To ent. wnilo holding upside down,
Thu last piece of it on tbls earth I '
Why, every rummer smile and song
Is held within an Bpple pie
Viid Unit's the plnoe where they belong,
All peiu-o itnd dulcetucssl O, myl
When it is oold
finy one day old
I want nil of It I can bold I
W. 1). Nuibit, in Alntlee'i
JUST FOR FUN
"How do yon lika my painting?"
"Oh, tho colors are exquisite! What
pity we can't have such tints In na
ture." Life.
"Brown vb on the royalties of his
books, doesn't he?" "Yes; soup three
times a week nnd a toothpick on Sun
day." Atlanta Constitution.
Mac Fancy meeting you out in the
this rain. Diicksle Oh, I like It Mao
Then you must be a ralndeer. Duck
si e If I am you must be a rsln-beau.
New Yorker.
"Can you lend me a twenty, old
chap? I'm going on my vacation and
need It badly." "Walt, till you get It
back, old fel you'll need It worse 1
then!" Puck.
"Don't worry over It. If there is
iny bad news coming you'll receive, It
soon enough. Dad news travels faat,
you know." "Yes, If It Isn't held up in
St. Petersburg Kansas City World.
Hector I am so glad to see you are
such a constant attendant at church,
Patrick". Patrick Oh. I cnj'ys It,
sorr. I sits me down and lays me legs
in and tblnkb c' nothing. Yale Rec
ord. Slimly What a feeble horse! Why
do yu keep such a cripple? Mr.
Many gals Young feller, that's the
hoss I use for chasin' my darters when
they elope with fellers." Chicago
News.
make a great
.senall catcher. "What makes you
think so?" "Why, the other night she
anight her husband stealing home
and put him out." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"I suppose In order to be a poet one
must have a great deal of Imagina
tion." "He must If he thinks he Is
aver going to achieve distinction by
writing poetry." Chicago Record
Herald. "Doctor." queried the Inquisitive
person, "do you lilleve that the cigar
ette habit causes weak minds?" "Not
necessarily," rvplled the M. D. "As a
rule it merely indicates them." Chi
cago News.
Teacher What Is It (hat our Chris
tian people should spread through tM
world? Tommie I don't krWw7fiui,S
am." "What Is it we send to the heath
en through our misionarles?" "Pen
nlee, ma'am." Yonkers Statesman. 1
"I often wonder just what she thinks
of me," said tne young married man. '
"It's easy to find out," said the elderly
married man. "Just sit down on her
hat, and she will tell you what she
thinks of you In less than a minute.1
Tlt-Blts.
"Oh. I'm not afraid," said the self-'
confident youth. "When I Interview
your father I'll make him toe the .
mark." "I don't doubt It." rejoined the
knowing maid, "for papa has had some
experience at toeing marks before."
Chicago News.
RebeccaYou see, I met'
tatarths, f
way 1
and she Is so hard to get away
Rachel How funny! I've heard her say
the same thing about you. Rebecca--Well,
that beats everything! I've heard
her say It about you,' too. Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribune.
"We need a drawer or something to
put these cuts away In," said the fore
man of the "country weekly. "Haven't
got any drawer now that's not in ,
use," replied the editor. "But, hold on!
Yes, we have. Take the cash drawer."
Philadelphia Ledger. .
"It, was his first trip to sea," said
the first sailor; "and when we ere
goln' down the bay we worked off a
lot of old yarns on him." "He swallow
ed them o' course," said the other.
"Yes, but only temporarily. W struck
rough water putty son." . . ,
"You know Jones, who was reputed
so rich? ' Well, he died the other day,
and the only thing he left was an old
Dutch clock." "Well, there's one good
thing about K: It wWt - n,ucB
trouble to wind up hi estate!" New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Your friend looked at the lines In
my palm the other evening," said Miss
Elderly, "and ha said it was a great
pleasure to read such a hand as mine."
"Yes," assented Miss Parafflne,
"George Is a great hand-to read an
cient history." Indianapolis Sun.
For Martyr Missionaries.
i A fund of 11500 Is being raised to
provide perpetual care for the graves
at the Presbyterian missionaries who
were martyred at Pso-TIng-Pu, In the
Boxer outbreak: of 1S0O.
. A Hint.
He The most difficult thU; in tbe
case of a young man is to make up
his mind to stsrt right. 5
She Why don't you make up youri
to start right now!
, - i. , .
A full-blooded Pima Indian C-r -ployed
In the office of a New "Y
life Insurance compsny.