PRESS,
.l.IJti
VOLUME XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEB 2, 1904.
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THE VILLAGE LOAFER.
He la the village Inafor, and a nhnn
Whose life Is worn to shred by lote's
mishap. -
Folki saiU It was the making of hi
wn- 1 ,. . ..
Thn fprhn AMnaita Trio's) IrnlH I sift- tin
hi. lowly ohanneV and
Must pay the price the fool is bound
to pay.
Where fellows bibulous were gathered
'round,
'Twas there the village loafer could be
found.
He'd loll all day about the shady
green,
He'd pump a pall of water for your
niW-
Aud with the dime fast clutuh'd he
would careeu
Where Perkins helper! promote the
fellow's Jug.
Wberedoes he dwell? No stranger ever
tared
No atra.ige'r asked If III or well he fared.
He's but an atom or a ship a-toss
Upon a troubled aea of oiroum-
etauce;
He's but a battered bulk; 'twill be no
loss
When he slips out boyond the break-
' ens'duuoo.
.......
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THE NEW
By Helen Forreaf Crave.
"What do you think, Aunt Violet?
The new minister Is coming tonight!"
Miriam Blake and iter cousin, Ktfle
Tcwers burat into the quiet, old-fashioned
sitting room like twin galea of
wind, so fresh and suddeu and inspirit
ing were they.
It was a very cheerful apartment,
with the crimson carpet flooded with
October sunshine, the canary singing
from his cage among the geraniums in
the window seat, and a bright wood
Are crackling from burnished brass
andirens on the hearth for Aunt Vio
let loved an open fire, and adhered to
it through all the mortem Innovations.
She was a woman past 30, yet very
pretty withal a woman whose type of
face and form would always remain
youthful. Brown hair, with rippling
lights of gold upon Its surface; blue
gray eyes, large and shaded with leng
lashes; a complexion where the fresh,
white and red betokened perfect
faeaHh, and a smiling, cherry-red melt
ing mouth, whose smiles , betrayed
a singularly regular set of teeth Miss
Violot was perhaps quite as attractive.
In her mature womauhood as she had
bc8n in her fresher girl days. '
"Tonight?" said Aunt Viclet. "And
Is the parsonage all In readiness?"
"All prepared, I believe. And, what
do you think. Aunt Violet," went on
Miriam, with girlish eagerness, "of old
Mrs. March going there with her two
daughters, to prepare tea, and make
it 'sort of humlike,' as she says, for
him the first night?"
And Violet smiled over her crochet.
"Why," struck in Effle Towers, "the
"Marsh girls are' as eld as the hills!"
"Not quite as. old as the hills," said
Aunt Violet, quietly. "Sarah Marsh Is
about my age, and Mehltable cannot
be more than a year or two older."
"Oh, Aunt Violet," said Effle, coax
ingly, stealing both arms around Miss
Brown's slender waist, "nobody ever
thinks of ycu being old!"
"It's an Indisputable fact, neverthe
less," said Aunt Violet, serenely.
"Aunt Violet," said Miriam, sudden
ly, as sh'e sat looking for full In Uie
face, "how I wish Mr. Smith would
fall In love with you!"
Aunt Violet shrugged her shoulders
"My dear child, Isn't Brown a sum
clently cognomen but you want to
change It Into the still more hack'
neyed name of Smith?" '
"I wasn't thinking of the name. Aunt
Violet I was only reflecting to myself
what a splendid minister's wife ycu
would make."
"I shall never make anybody's wife.
Miriam."
"What nonsense," ejaculated the gay
girl. "Why, aunty, you aie the pret
tiest of our whole set, yet, with your
weet-pea complexion and those big,
Innocent eyes of yours"
But here Effle Towers Interrupted,
peaking gravely, with serious glance.
"I know what makes Aunt Violet
speak so, Miriam she had a disap
pointment years and yeai-i ago!"
"Aunty! Did you really?"
'"Years and years ago,' as Effle says,
I had a lover," returned Aunt Violet,
calmly.
"And what Interrupted the current
of true love?"
"I was foolish and wished to test my
power. Clarence that waa his name
was hasty and impulsive, and my fol
ly Incensed him. So we parted."
"And Is he married now?",
"I do not know. I have never seen
nor heard from him since. He was
only spending the summer vacation,
college student. In our quiet village."
- "What was his last name?" "
"That's of no consequence, Miriam;
do not let us disinter any more of the
horrid past I have told you my folly.
See that ycu take warning by It"
- And none of Miriam Blake's soft
coaxings could win from Aunt Violet
any further confidences.
. "You are not an old maid,, darling
aunty," said Miriam, "but Sarah Marsh
Is, and I mean to enter the lists with
her myself, to win the new minister's
tsvor. The parsonage would make a
pretty nest for such a bird as I am, all
mhowered in roses and clematis, and
full of delicious little bay windows and
maple-shaded , plana. I . hope he's
young and good-looking!"
"He Is Just 85,? said Effle, "for Dea
con Aldon told me so." ,
"Did ha say whether he was good
looking orot?'. ,;
"No; tie didn't as it TJeaccn Alden
cared for his looks."
Thlrlj-flve-that is rather old-bach
elorisb, but a man isn't totally past
reform tit 35," observed Miriam, pen
sively. - "If Aunt Violet won't have
blm, I'll try my chance." ,,
"I (hall never marry," gravely reit
erated Aunt Violet, with more serl
ousncn ' than Miriam's light Jesting
way seemed to call tor. , . ; '
"If that's the case," said Miriam,
"I'll go and rip up the breadths of my
lilac lawn dress, and have the ruffles
done up. One can't be too careful of
one's advantage of costume at such a
e.Wtlcal time, and I know Mehltable
He dozes (here, beneath the spreading
tree, '"
A wreck, alasl of life's humanity.
He's loat to nil that'a noble In a man
Kay, not to alt A team comes tear.
' . f ...
AffJ T"''"" ' " thewhlt-
aiu in ftiia uuggy is a uvijfKiB uu"
On leap, he strides the madden'd
hone's breast
He grips the bit-aud now begins the
test. ' '
Strong drtuk has robbed his muscle
. of thelrgraoe, i
His hand Is weak, ahl be can never
stay. . ,
But there's a look npon the loafer's
face,
That says he'll pay the prioe of all
. today. -
He droops-the cruel hdofs they pound
him sore;
Thn wlth "1? h'
Drags at the bit. until he wins at last.
And conquers with his taint ex-
' plrlng wilt
' He fall. The village loafer slowly
passed, 1
, Aud flipped away from life and all
its 111.
v-Horace Seymour Keller, la The Sun.
MINUTER.
Marsh has a white dress, with blue
rosebuds all over it."
"Miriam, what a rattlepate you are,"
said Effle.
"Don't I tell you I need a minister
tor a husband. Just to sober me down?"
And with this Parthian arrow of
retort. Miss Miriam quitted the room,
with Effle following her.
Presently she came back again, danc
ing merrily into the room.
"I've found out my future husband's
name."
"What is it?"
"A decided novelty John 8mlth."
Aunt Violet smiled, and Miriam van
ished once more, like a twinkling bit
of thistledown.
Violet Brown sat gazing Into the
coral depths of the bright embers that
had fallen through the logs on the
hearth. Somehow, spite of her asser
tion self-reliance and independence,
she felt very lonely this October after
noon. "I'll go for a walk," thought Violet.
"Perhaps a little exercise will dissi
pate this gathering despondency."
She tied a round hat under her curls,
put on a coquettish scarlet bolero, tas
seled with white silk, which, accord
ing to her loving nieces, "made her
look like a delicious little Red Riding
Hood," and went into the fresh aut
umn air, where the woods, all radiant
with gold and crlmscn glories, were
showering their leafy trophies on the
walks below, as she entered their silent
aisles.
"Autumn," she thought, sadly, "how
soon It has come upon us! And it Is
but a little while since spring was
here with her dew and roses. My
spring has vanished, too, and, unlike
the sacred season of birds and blcs
some, It will never return to me again
Heigh"! I wonder what I was born
Into this world for. I don't seem to be
of very much use to anybody."!
'Violet was thinking tfc a little
yenslvely, as she sat on a moss-enam
eled fallen tree, tapping the drifts of
yellow leaves with the point of her
parasol, and letting the fresh, fragrant
wind blow the gold-brown curls back
from her forehead. She was net
thinking how picturesque was ber at
titude, nor how beautiful her face
looked in its oval clearness, with a
pink flush on each cheek, but both
these facts struck the perceptions of a
tall stranger, carrying a valise in
his left hand, who had Just crossed the
stile leading; from the main road, and
entered the Illuminated glow of the
autumnal woods.
He raised his hat with a courteous
motion as Miss Brown started at his
advancing footsteps.
"I beg your pardon; I fear I have
unintentionally startled you."
"Not at all." Violet looked up earn
estly at bis face as she answered.
"Perhaps you can direct me to the
shortest cut across these woods to
Mlllbambury?? I am not quite certain
as to my localities."
"You are on the direct path now,
Clarence Smith."
He started, In his turn, and gazed
scrutlnlxingly Into her face.
"I thought it was familiar to me!"
he exclaimed, "and now I know It.
Violet! who would have thought of
meeting you here?"
Violet Brown trembled like an aspen
leaf, but she strove to control herself.
"The world Is full of Just chance
meetings, Clarence."
She had bait turned away, but the
gentleman bad put down his valise,
and was evidently inclined not to part
with her so readily..
"Stop, Violet do not go away. My
love! I have so longed to see you, all
these years. .. Tell me that, you have
not entirely forgotten the past that
you have still a word of tenderness for
the wayward lover wbo flung away his
brightest chances of1 happiness long
ago! Violet, you were my first love
be my last?"
"Do yon lore me still. Clarense?"
she asked, the blue-gray eyes soften
ing to a strangely tender brightness.
"Do I breathe and exist still? 1
tell you, Violet, my heart Is like the
century plant, which only blossoms
onoe and its blossoming is In the
sunshine of your love alone." '
She was silent lovelier than ever.
Clarence thought, in the momentary
indecision, the shy hesitation of bar
manner, as she stood under the old
trees, gold-tinted leaf drifting
down borer and there around her, and
her tremulous hands clasped to hide
their flutter as Csr as might be. ,
"Violet, darling! 4ell me that you
love me." '.i'';-:.' ;'!-:' 'f..;'----v;i .
"I lore yon Clarence!"'
There is Garden of Eden created
new for every happy pair of lovers
and 'Clarence and Violet stood in
Paradise now!
But, Clarence," resumed Violet,
when the first all-absorbed words and
glances of thelr'new happlneas "bad
been exchanged; "I don't comprehend
this at all. How did you come here?
and how did you know where to And
m?" . H - . k .
"I did not know where to find you,
Violet, Chance has been y friend
here; and as for my opportune ap
pearance on the scene, It is very eas
ily accounted for, I have been called
to .take charge of the parish of Mill
hambury."
"Clarence, you are not the new min
ister?" ".-
"But I am the. new minister."
"His name Is John Smith." '
"I beg your pardon, my darling !t
is John Clarence Smith."
And Violet's surprise was sufficient
ly amusing to the reverend gentlemen
at her side.
: Old Mrs. Betabel Marsh and her
two elderly bard-favored daughters,
had made the parsonage all ready, ev
en to lighting the evening lamps on
the study table, and poking the clear
anthracite lire that burned In the dining-room
grate.
Mebetable had turned the tumbler
of crimson currant Jelly into its cut
glass dish, and disposed the green
sprigs of parsley to the most striking
effect round the thinly-cut slices of
boiled tongue, while Mrs. Sarah made
a Leaning tower oT Pisa of the but
termilk biscuits, and whisked the
flies away from the sugar basin, in
readiness for the expected guest, and
like the hero of song, "still he came
not!".. .
"The kiltie's boilin', and the tea's
all steeped," said Mrs. Marsh, as she
sat In the big rocking chair in front
of the fire. "It'll be spiled If he don't
come pretty soon."
"He'll be here presently now," suld
Miss Mehetablo, loosening her curls
from their confining papers. "Oh, met
I wonder If he'll be pleased with whit
we've done!"
"He can't help it." said Mrs. Marah,
mentally congratulating herself on
her double chances of bolnt the min
ster's mother-ln-Iaw. But the words
were not yet on hor lips, and the tri
umphant reflections yet In her mind,
when a knock came softly at the door,
and Miriam entered, rosy with her
long walk through the frosty autumn
twilight
"Have you hoard the news?" asked
Miriam. "I thought I'd come over and
tell you. The new minister has
come."
'Sakes alive!" ejaculated Mrs.
Marsh.
"I don't believe it," said Miss Me-
hetable.
"Oh, but he has. for I've seen Jilra.
And you needn't stay here any longer,
for he has concluded to remain at
our house tonight."
Mrs. Marsh and her daughters both
stared.
'What on alrth does It all mean?"
demanded the elder lady.
'I'll tell you a very, very great sec
ret" cried the delighted Miriam.
He's an old beau of Aunt Violet's,
and the engagement has been renew
ed, and my dear little blue-eyed aunt
Is to be the minister's wife the very
next month that ever dawns upon
us!"
"Good gracious!" cried Mrs. Marsh.
"Well. I never!" said Miss Sarah.
"I shouldn't think," venomously
commented Miss Mehetable, "that
he'd want t omarry an old maid."
"There are more old maids than one
In the world," observed Miriam, phil
osophically. "So, If you'll kindly lock
up the house, I'll take the key back
to my new uncle that-isto-be. I had
thought of setting my cap at the new
minister myself, but I cheerfully yield
the palm to Aunt Violet."
She tripped home, through the dusk,
laughing to herself at the discomfi
ture of the Msrsh family. Aunt Violet
and Mr. John C. Smith were sitting
cozlly together over the fire when she
returned, and as she passed through
the room, she only paused to throw
her arms round Violet's neek, and
whisper:
"What do you think now about nev
er marrying, Aunt Violet?" New
York Weekly.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Deep sea flsh make their own light
by phosphorescence and have tele
scopic eyes.
The United States has now 38,065
locomotives on her railways. Great
Britain has 21,304.
Five hundred and sixty thousand
persons in the United States are de
pendent upon the street cars for sup
port. Owing to a decline In the Swiss
watch trade, many emigrants are leav
ing Switzerland for Canada and the
United States.
Manila has a population of some
thing like three hundred thousand,
about ten thousand being American
and European born. The Aemerlcan
population Is estimated at about six
thousand.
The "trains de luxe," which now
cover the distance from Moscow to
the Pacific in 16 days, and which rival
in luxury any In the United States,
each carry a physician and an inspec
tor who speaks hslf a dozen languages.
A French "government report an
nounces that In Cambodia cutting off
a man's Jiesd Is absolutely .the most
serious Insult that can be -ottered him.
"Happily,"' the. report adds,- "the pre
judice is not shared by the other peo
ple of Indo-Chlna." ; ' .
In Germany, strange as it may seem
to foreigners, it may be said that al
most seven-eighths of the alcohol pro
duced Is obtained from potatoes. On
many of the large . farms ; one finds
potato distilleries. These are under
the careful control ot the government
They afford the farmers , very profit
able side occupation. --. . ,
Milan was recently ihe scene of a
remarkable "rain" or downfall of but
terflies or moths. They settled In tens
of thousands on alronnt cw? availa
ble Inch ot spsce on the ground and
on the buildings of the central quar
ters of the city. . The insects are de
scribed, as perfectly black and mar
Telously ctlve. Their presence is
ascribed to an air current swept along
In front of a hurricane.
The evangelical church council of
Hungary has given taxpaylng women
the right to vote.
IN UNEXPL0KED ALASKA
A TRIP FROM THE YUKON TO THE
ARCTIC OCEAN.
Jturrey of a Geological Survey Party
-Rivers snd Mountains of'Nortn
Central Alaska Only Two Regions
of the Territory Yet to Bs Explored
The Geological Survey has Just pub
lished the story of the pioneer Journey
through Central Alaska between the
Yukon basin and the Arctic Ocean,
This Journey of 535 miles was recomly
made by Messrs. Schrader and Peters
of the survey, with their assist ants,
and nearly a'l the way It was a revela
tion of the unl-nown.
In the extreme east and west. Alas-
ka has been crossed from south to
north, but no one knew what might be
found through the north central part
of tho country. There remain now
only two iarge regions In Alaska, In
the northeast; and the northwest that
are still wholly unexplored,
The volume Is beautifully illustrated
with photographic reproductions show
Ing the typical features of the rcaion.
We knew the John river where it joins
the Koynkuk, but Schrader and Peters
ascended It through its valley, across
tue Kocky mountains; and the plot
ures show It a broad, placid stream
even among majestic mountains that
rise far shove it. Here we see
stretches of underbrush and stunted
firs along one bank, while the other
Is a broui Uaeli strewn with ro-k
debris. '
Not a glacier appears in the fine
mountain views, but we se patches
of snow and long lines of It fllllnr; the
narrow, scars that wrinkle the r.Kep
slopes. Apparently there are no flat
surfaces of sufficient extent to afford
o gathering ground for the quantity
of hnow.requiied to nourish imporlunt
glaciers.
North of the mountains another
series of river views of entirely differ
ent character were taken. They are
pictures along the Anaktuvuk, tribu
tary of the Colvllle, and on the. Col
vllle river; and here we see long
stretches of flat topped bluffs border
ing one side of the valley, while ou
the other side stony river plains fre
quently extend far away from the
river. The Colvllle and its tributary
draining to the Arctic ocean are not
nearly so large as the John, which, in
its wider reaches, is majestic in ap
pearance. '
Other views show the Indians and In
the far north the Esquimaux, who unnt
along these rivers. Then there are
views of the flat, moss covered tundra
which borders the Arctic ocean, atiii
the small waves of that sea are Been
breaking on the flat shore. The pint'
ure8Naro particularly InterestlnK be
cause they so graphically depict a part
of our domain whloh no explorer has
ever seen before.
The party ascended the Koynkuk
river to tlio mouth of the John, where
an abundance of supplies had been
stored for them. This Is on tbo ede
of the great KovuKuk river placer uiin
lng region, where miners are now
waBhlng out over 1700,000 worth Of
gold dtiRt In a Year.
In April, befoie the John rlvor
opened, Mr. Peter made a rccon-
noissance up the river, travelling on
the ice. For several days his party
followed the trail of a Bollltary per
son, four of whose camps they passed.
The person "was overtaken at last
and was found to be a native Indian
woman who was travelling alone mid
subsisting on rabbits which she caught
In primitive traps. Thirty natives
were seen on the Journey.
It is their custom to ascend the John
and other tributaries of the Koyukuk
In winter to hunt. They And enough
caribou to supply them with food, and
as they never go beyond the timber
line they are able to build fires to
cook their food and warm their camps.
They collect skins and furs and when
the rivers thaw they build rafts and
float down to Bergman on the Koyu
kuk, where they trade the skins for
blankels and other commodities.
It was not till June that the canoe
voyage up the John river began.
Briefly stated, the explorers passed
through three distinct varieties of
country. The most southern was the
Koyukuk region, rich In gold, a rolling
or hilly land, whose hills rise to eleva
tions ot from only '1000 to 3000 feet
abovs the spi, while the main valley
floors are approximately 600 feet
above sea level."
The second reelon Is the mountain
province which is regarded as the
northwestern continuation of the
Rocky mountains. Above the Arctic
circle this great mountain system
turns abruptly o the west and trends
nearly 1 westward across northern
Alaska.
Our explorers passed through the
mountains from south to north, . They
form a jumble, with few we'I defined
ranges. The width pt the iMJMUtn'n
belt is &Vut 100 miles and the nvr
age elevation Is about 6000 feet. Iheir
Ides are scored with Ihe glacial
marks of the ice age.
Passing oiit of the Ktiiintains the
canoes were canted over a short port
age to a lake from which flows the
Anaktuvuk, tributary of '.he Olivine.
They were now In the Arctic coast
province. :' .-
' The two r'.vefs took them north and
(hey foaled .down stream lnstjud of
1'sddilng against the current as In the
j.'bu river. Fdr 80 miles nor'h nt the
mountains extends a gently rolling
plateau country, 'sloping northward,
Itn elevation gradually lowering from
S.SOU to 800 teet '
Here the plateau gives away to the
nearly- flat tundra country , or coastal
plain which extends about 80 miles
northward, anii descends In this dis
tance practically to sea -level, with
a al( a so gentle as to be inapprecia
ble to the naked eye.
The explorers have proposed the
name of Arctic Coastal Plain for this
tundra country. Its flat surface dot
ted here and there with shallow ponds
and lakelets which in most instances
have no outlet 1
Arriving at the coast they mapped
the delta of the Colvllle river and
secured passage In boats paddled by
Esquimaux along the ocean edge west
ward to Point Barrow. Thus the en
tire Jcnrney was mad by water; and
It was not a- very uncomfortable trip,
excepting for the plagH? of mos
aultoes. i i
Coal detritus, suggesting the prob
able ocourence of coal of economic
value, was found in the John river
gravels among the mountains. - It may
be called a good grade of bituminous.
' Coal , was also found at several
points on the 'Arctic slope, notably on
the Anaktuvuk and Colvllle livers.
On the Colvllle coal is abundant and
conspicuous. It may not, however,
prove suitable for export or steaming
purposes. No other minerals of Iro
portance were discovered. Sun.
MORE HUMANE WARFARE.
Raaths Steadily Diminish as Weapons
v . , . Gdow More Deadly.
It la only a few years ago that M.
BJoch wrote his book, "The War."
This book is alleged to have moved
the czar to proclaim his great message
of peace.
M. Bloch gave terribly realistic pic
tures of modern war, and prophesied
that It would be Imposlble In the near,
future for nations to engage in deadly
struggle. War was to cost millions of
pounds sterling a day, snd men were
to dio like flies, says the Atlanta Con
stitution. But what are the facts? Two great
wars -have broken out' In the small
space of time since M. Bloch gave his
opinions to the world, and In every
case his deductions, with the exception
of coat have proved to be false.
The fact is that while war Is be
coming more humane, the rl9k ' be
ing killed or dying of disease is very
much minimized. Leps than 100 years
ago it was no uncommon thing for 60,-'
000 or 60.00 men to be knocked hors
de combat in a single day. In modern
warfare, despite the mathematical pre
cision of death-dealing weapons, these
figures could not possibly be ap
proached. And there are reasons which are not
apparent at first sight In the, first
place, the trajectory the height a
bullet rises from the ground of a
modern rifle Is only five feet in the
first 600 -yards, If the rifle be aimed
point blank at advancing troops,
In olden days a bullet soared high
in the air, particularly at the longer
ranges, but In olden days men ad
vanced shoulder to shoulder to the at
tack. A regiment marched forward
en masse, but nowadays all that is
changed. In an attack men rush for
ward, at many paces Interval, and the
risk of being shot Is thus much re
duced. In short, while the manufacture of
letual weapons has advanced by leaps
and bounds, the science of warfare has
kept pace with that advance. And,
further, the science of surgery has out
stripped both the cunning of the war
rior and the maker of guns.
The molern bullet Is not i -maV
Mopper. The old Schneider bullet put
the rtrongest man out of action, and
occasioned a terrible pain, if
the man were not struck in a vital
part.
The, Martini bullet followed. It was
not so heavy por so clumsily shaped
as the Schneider, and an energetic
man could struggle ajong although
wounded.
Later came the I.ee-Metfofd bullet,
with its elongated body, And unless
It strikes a man on the heart or brain
It does not knock him hors de combat
In fact soveral men shot through the
brain in China and South Africa are
serving in the army . today.
Roughly speaking, during the past
100 years the percentage of killed and
wounded In battle has fallen from 23
per 100 to somewhere about 10. That
was the average of casualties In South
Africa.
Perhaps the most deadly engage
ment of international war was that of
Borodino, between the French and
Russians. The Russians lost some 40,-
000 men the loss Is occasionally put
at 60,000 out of an army- of 121,000,
while the French lost 70,000 men out
of 125,000. In comparison with the
casualties In modern battle, the fig
ures are appalling.
80ME MODERN ANNOYANCE8.
8chamca Employed to Get the Money
of the Public
A possibly well-meaning habit
among people who want your money
Is becoming a public nuisance, says
the Hartford Courant It has become
customary nowadays when an enter
tainment Is to be given, especially it
It Is a more or less charitable affair, to
send a bunch of numbered tickets to
John Smith or John Jones with a note
Informing him that these are to be
sold and he Is to account for the pro
ceeds. Primarily the notion is to get
some money, which charities, like the
rest of us, can always find a place for,
and the idea no doubt prevails that
Smith and Jones will say to himself
that it isn't worth while to hunt up
buyers and will just draw his check
for the buncb and let it go at that
That served awhile and when the
game was new, but now It has taken
on chronic qualities and the public
are wearying. One sufferer recently
remarked In .jls office that his Invaria
ble rule as to all such inclosures was
to chuek them Into his waste basket
on arrival. He hadn't asked for them
and he wasn't going to use them, and
they were in the way. When yon
come to analyze it, there Is a lot ot
calm Impudence In the proceeding.
Not long ago a widely and most fa
vorably known publishing house sent
by express to various addresses in this
city unsolicited specimen volumes of
work they were bringing out with cir
culars as to terms. These also Invited
the person receiving the volume to
ship It back at the expense ot the pub
lishers In case it was not wanted. This
involved opening It first for examina
tion, then wrapping tt up again and
finally carrying or sending .it to the
express office. No doubt different peo- '
pie treated the episode differently, but '
In one case the book Just lay where It
was put on arrival, Successive In
quiries about it from the publishing ,
house were put with the book and at
last along came the expressman under j
orders from the publishers to get the
book and carry it back to them. Then j
it went hut it need never have started.
Throwing things at people's heads is I
not vhe best way to make them attrac
tive. '' . "
The Astronomer Royal for Scotland
ports that 40 unfclt earthtiiak?s
were detected bv mechanical mentis
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE BY TKI
REV. C U PALMER,
Stride t What the Creation Meraa-Onlj
. the Altnlfhlj Csald Make Sneh a
' World Thar ia No Klddl r the TJni
oneThe Anawer la Immortality.
KmosTOit, N. Y. In the -Reformed
Church of the Comforter, at thin place, on
Sunday morning, the Rev. 0. L, Palmer
preached the following sermon, entitled
''What the Creation Meana." He took his
text from Psalm 104:24, "O Lord, how
manifold are Thy work, in wiidom haat
Thou made them all, the earth ia full of
Thy riches."
Von Humboldt aaya: 'That this Paalm
repreaenta the image of the whole cotmoa.
It ia astoniahieg to find in a lyrical poem
of auch limited eompaaa the entire uni
verse, the heavena and the earth, aketched
with a few bold touchea. The calm and
toilsome labor of man from the riains of
the Bun to the seVting of tha same, when
hie daily work la done, is her contrasted
with the moving life of the elements of
nature. Thia contrast and generalization
ia the conception of the mutual aotion of
natural phenomena, and thia retroapection
of an omnipotent and omnipresent inviai
ble power which can renew the earth or
crumble it to duat, constitute a solemn and
exalted, rather than a slowing and gentle
form of poetic Creation.
It ia tnua a hyipn of creation, written by
Whom we know not. In the Sept it is
ascribed to David, but ia anonymous in
the Hebrew paaiter. The phraaeolooy and
apirit are not unlike David, and tha sub
ject matter may have been arranged iu hia
day aa well aa at any time. In the author
tied edition of the Englinh Bible the au
thorship ia accredited to David. The Eng
liih ana American editiona of the Revised
Version made no mention of ita writer,
but many and potent are the reatone which
lead Ua to the conclusion that the hymn
ologiet of Israel composed thia song for the
people of God. , It was fitting that it
ahould be need in the temple, and it is
atill conaistent to employ it, aince it ex
preaaea a truth that time cannot change.
Unlike many of the Paalma thia one is
eapable of analyaia, the natural and logi
cal plan being a reproduction of the aix
creative periods. This ia not only evident
to the cartful reader, but ia confirmed by
the 'most reliable aourcea. And thia ia not
unimportant, aince it ia another argument
in (avor of the unanimity of opinion con
cerning the plan that God followed when
He created the universe. The work of the
first and second days, light, the sky, clouda,
winds, lightning, occupy verses 1-4. The
Original chaotic state, and the aeparation
of land from' water on the third day, veraea
6-9. The third creative day continued that
which had been commenced on the preced
ing. The growth of planta and trees,
which 'implies irrigation by clouda and
streama. Here the poet introduces birds
aud creatures of the field and forest, which
do not appear in the Mosaic narrative un
til much later, veraea 14-18. The work of
the fourth day, the sun and moon, but with
special reference to men and animals,
veraea 19-26. The poet having already Wo
ven into hia song part of the work of the
fifth and aixth days, now returns to It, and
describes the aea with ita living creatures,
these with all else, the whole visible crea
tion in absolute dependence upon God,
Veraea 24-30. In veraea 31-35 the Psalmist
describes hia longing to tee the bright orig
inal restated.
The text being the 24th verse ia a part of
be division including Veraea 19-26, which
treat of the fourth day's work when the
eun and moon, were made, but referring
particularly to men and animal. There
can be no doubt respecting the interpreta
tion, became the literal translation roads:
"O Lord, how manifold are Thy works, in
wisdom hast Thou made them all, the earth
ia full of Thy creaturea."
1. The Psalmist Recognita God aa the
Creator "0 Lord Thy works." Writing
by inspiration doee not necessarily pre
clude the use of provincialism, provided
that auch correctly describe facta. And
they may be enlarged or modified in order
to be accurate, The doctrine taught in
this Paalm ia in strict accord with notiona
prevailing at the time of ita composition
and aince that there was a time when only
God existed, and that there came a time
when the universe waa formed. It is the
teaching of all the ancient faitha that the
universe did not spring into existence of
ita own volition, but was made out of noth
ing by Almighty God. Often, however, the
conception ia vague and confused and even
meaningless, because destitute of that light
which fighteth every man coming into the
world. It is the clear implication of tha
Scriptures that there waa a time when
God was alone, and that the time came
when He employed Hia power to fashion
the heavens and the earth.
Only the great God could conceive aueh a
compilation and complication of organic
and inorganic matter. Since creation many
Wonderful thought have occupied the
Binds of men, but none have suggested
emselvea. They have been wafted into
knd born through the channel of human
Winking by the appearance of some sug
gestive occurrence. We think our thoughts
after God. It thus follows that we could
Dot think of the universe without seeing
something to auggeat it.
Only the Almighty could design the uni
verse. Architecture ia a science to be ac
quired under the instruction of on who
has mastered thia branch of learning aad
is therefore able to impart it to others.
Designing a dwelling ia possible because
there are those Who have been instructed
in the art. Designing the universe is pos
sible only to God, aince no other has been
or is able to auggeat a plan of auch acope
and grandeur. He holds the key which un
locks the mysteries of this sublime concep
tion. Granting for the sake of argument that
there are minds of adequate acope to com
prehend the fact of a universe, we cannot
see any advantage, aince a conception with
out ability to execute muat remain dor
mant. For a Moaea who could amite s
rock, and a Joshua who could arreat the
sun, would be baffled in attempting to
create a universe. Men have done great
things, but God baa don greater, Man
can no more make designs for nature than
he can cause the grasa to grow and the
flowera to bloom. It ia all within the abil
ity of God and of Him alone. "0 Lord
Thy worka."
IT. Th Viriatv f dnA'm rV..lL- fin
Iord how manifold are Thy worka," which
is simply the biblical form of eipressinn
u niiuir urg-aniica type oi to creator
handiwork. Thee are denominated king
doms. The mineral kinotlAm 4a mti....l
of inorganic species. It baa ever enlisted
me laoors oi tne moat Brilliant intellects
and devoted atudenti. Every decade of
research has rlisclnwil mm Ml;
ages, while even greater fields remain un-
vxpiorea. wont win be disclosed in th
future no one can tell. We cannot but be
hove that more remaina concealed than
hM ba discovered. "O Lord how mani
fold are Thy works."
The Ve0tah Iritinrlnm im AliaA !,!. lit.
from th smallest plant to th largest tree
" .""""F "iiiuiuenioie. noia anotner
neld ia which inveatigation haa not been
wanting. Great numbers of grasses, flow
r and herb- of all kinda are being dis
covered. The massive collection is a surety
to ever greater discoveries. And w be
lieve that every coming century will dia
Close some new form of life. "O Lord how
Manifold are Thy Worka."
Tb animal kingdom possesses specie
without number. The moot minute Insect
as well as th human family belong to it.
Certain forma have become exttaet, others
an passing away. It ia in thia field that
evolution haa mad some of it greatest
strides and met ita most discomforting de
feat. Evolution ia not to be set aaid
without due conaideration, for it holds a
position in the minds of thinking men that
cannot be ignored' without serious lose.
Hut it is only aa evolution recognise God,
Hie character and work, that it can give
any light to a doctrine so mysterious. "0
Lord how manifold are T hv works."
There ia atill another kingdom. It 1
t(e kingdom of God, the kingdom of
heaven. - It ia on in name, but occupies
more territory than all the other kingdoma
combined. It includes all the redeemed of
rrirth and multitude of saved in heavea.
Nor is the variety less than in other king
doms, for within it are young and old, rich
and poor, Wfrk nnd white, peauitit. sid
kmcr, e,!m-ahd mid is-nnr.liit. Vastly H'f
f f , -t in c:mn ,t j io. hut onp in ch ir
is. '- !',! !tiv. I. .! ' !-V I,' ".,1
tared by th one Christ. All pardoned by
the one Creator, all re-created in the image
of the true God, " Lord bow manifold are
Thv works."
III. The Wisdom of Creation "In wis
dom hast Thou made all." Each kingdom
is complete in itself. How natural to think
of the spiritual aa being perfected, and of
the material aa unperfucted. Thia is true
or not according to our understanding of
th word "perfected." It ia wrong if by it
we understand that God ha completed
one and not the other. He has perfected
both, one for our life here, the other for
that life which follows this. There ia aj
most glorious display of the wisdom of
God in the most minute of all Ilia work.
No one ia capable of making any improve
ment. He has made everything beautiful
in ita season. A skilful artificer when he
haa finished hia work makes s thorough ex
amination to satisfy himself that it is well
done. Often it is found that some serious
defect exists. But when Jehovah had com
pleted the universe and inspected it divine
wisdom pronounced it good. There was
no higher power to which appeal could be
made. Th agea confirm the wisdom of the
decision then rendered. It is impossible to
think of any improvement that would be
in harmony with existing lawa. In crea
tion we can make no suggestion, in preser
vation we are ailent, and in the divine gov
ernment amazed at the goodness and love
of (iou. "In wisdom hast Thou made them
all."
IV. The Extent of Creatioa "The earth
is full of Thy riehei or creatures," each
kingdom being filled to overflowing with
its own kind. No room for more animals,
for that kingdom ia full. Nothing to add,
to the vegetable kingdom, for it supplies!
the needs of all living creatures. Tin
kingdom of God is also filled. Filled with
those who once knew nothing of its Joys,
but were re-created bv the grace and power
of its founder. Its dimensions increase aa
more room is required. It is not a poor
house, but a palace. The Creator haa not
placed Hia creatures where the necessaries
of life are wanting, but where plenty ob
tains. Behold, the provisions of the chil
dren of God are within our reach.
Nor with neccsnariea only, but with
riches, dainties, luxuries, beauties and
treasures. In the earth are hidden mines
of wealth, and on her surface are teeming
harvest of plentv. All these are the
Lord's. "The earth is full of Thy richea."
We should not think of them aa the prop
erty of nation, of the possessions of indi
viduals, but as the wealth of God. Not in
one clime are these to be had, but every
where. The cold Arctic haa ita precious
things, which it requires great hardship to
obtain. The burning sun of the equator
furnishes food that cannot be grown else
where. They all belong to God, but are
given ua to use and enjoy for the giver's
glory.
The other translation of the word, name
ly, that of "creature," ia too significant to
ignore. Not only is the earth filled with
the richea of God. but it is filled with Hia
creatures. All belong to Him aa Ilia chil
dren. Some are obedient, some are not.
Some love to serve Him, othere not. They!
are Hia and He loves them, though they
mnv b disloyal to Him.
The conclusion of our interpretation of,
the text is that God Almighty created all
things, that the great variety of Hia handi
work waa imperative to display His powerj
that fresh evidence of His wisdom is con
stantly being disclosed, and that the whole
human family belong to God, to be saved 4
prepared for life and for immortality to
whom be all praise.
HINTS TO THE HOUSEWIFE.
The little soft cotton dish mop
make excellent dusters.
The wax from draping candlea can
be removed from table linen by a gen
erous application of alcohol.
A little soaJ."rvijd with stove
blacking will produce better aud
tasting luster than without.
Cold rain water and soap will re
move machine grease. To remove
peach stains soak fabric In spirits of
camphor before wetting .
The smart woman saves time and
patience by keeping a shoe horn with
the children's rubbers to make their
downing easy.
If stovepipes are well rubbed with
lard and tied In several thickness of
newspapers, ithey can be safely stored
without fear of rust
Alum, the size of a hickory nut, dis
solved In a pint of starch, will bright
en the color in muslins, ginghams and
calicoes after washing.
Grass stains oa linen ahould be
coaked fur a few moments In kero
sene, then washed in very hot water
with a generous supply of soap.
If non-runt hairpins are used to
listen tbem down, curtain? can be as
nicely dried on a good thick grass
plot as in regular stretchers.
Several tbickneis of newspapers
laid between the bcidi springs and mat
tress are equal In warmth to another
mattress. Laid between the blanket
and quilt rtiey equal an extra blanket
Clean enameled shoes with sweet
milk after all dust and dirt have teen
removed, allowing the milk to remain
on for a minute, then wiping with a
soft dry cloth.
Medicine can eusily be administered
to a cat by mixing it with lard and
rubbing it on the forelegs near the
shoulders, where It can be licked off,
but not rolled on,
A fair substitute forjnaple syrup
Is made with equal pants of granu
ted white and very dark brown
sugar boiled with one-half the quan
tity ot water until ot the desired
thickness. When cold two or three
drops ot vanilla extract is added.
There Is now made a "frying
shield," an appliance which fits onto
a frying pan, preventing all possibil
ity of the fat running over on the
range and causing the disagreeable
odor of burning fat
U may take a very few more min
utes In the preparation, but tbe effect
la sufficiently attractive to be worth
the effort If escafloped codfish Is
cooked in individual baking dishes,
having buttered bread crumbs on ton.
In tact, all creamed dishes are at
tractive it served In ramikln
In frying crodYtettes In deep fat be
sure to plunge the wire basket in the
hot fat before the croquettes are
placed in the basket otherwise they
may adhere to the wire and fall apart
when lifted. If food to be cooked
In deep fat Is warmed before put Into
the fat, the latter will' not bo cooked.
, His Diamond Wedding. ,'
M. Gustave Vapeteau, who compil
ed the extremely useful "Dlcttonnalre
ds Ccntemporalns," has Just cele
brated his diamond wedding. He it
85 years old. The first edition of the
dictionary appeared In- 1858, the last
eleven years ago, in 1893. , -
Although Irishmen theoretically de
mand the complete separation ef
their country trom the British Em
pire, they will be reasonably well sat-,
lnneu wun Home uuie, says tne New
York News, The agitation for com
plete nationality will go on, of course,
after they reach the Intermediate S"al
for which thry sre now striving, lint
It vvhl lie sn ft -iint ma carrUd on
i ' 1 !
EASIER TO BE STORE MODEL. 1
Requirements Not ss Severe aa They
Were In Former Times.
1 There has been" a great change in
the last few years in the requirements
of the "store model," said the mana
ger of the suit department in a fash-,
lonahle shop the other day. "Formerly
certain correct proportion's were re- ,
quired which if not after the Venus
standard were at least after that of
Paqttln. But now the main thing nec
essary In the model la that she shall
have 'style' and 'carriage,' and of
course average size and roundness of
contour without strict regard to pro
portions. "The elaborateness and looseness of
costumes has brought about this re-
suit. The trimming and biding of
tbe figure In the present day tailor
made suit Is so complete that a partlo ,
ularly good 'line' is no longer required.
The fact that a larger model Is se
lected than formerly Is the best indi
cation of the change In woman's
measurements, due to the straight,
front corset and partly to tbe change
ot sentiment which demands broad
Bhoulders, and selects clothes accord
ingly. -The model now in demand has
usually a 25-inch waist, where It was
formerly absolutely necessary, that It
should be under. A 37-Inch bust is
preferred, where 36 used to be con
sidered the ideal. Thirteen inches
across 'the shoulders is now consid
ered none too broad, though the hip
measure accomplished by the model
who adjusts herself strictly to the
new average Is a couple of Inches
smaller than formerly, beng about
41 1-2.
"These measurements are the aver
age ones of the' gowns that are sold
even more than of the wearers them-
selves. The plan of buying a large
size to be fitted down so as to obtain
the broad shouldered effect Is almost
universal.' and while the greatest mis
take a saleswoman could make for
merly was to suggest that a customer
take a size larger than she thought
necessary, now It Is often received as
a compliment." Chicago Tribune.
Hard to Feaze Him.
That New York is a big city, which
tho stranger seldom learns well, was
quite forcibly impressed upon a cer
tain well known Callfornlan a few
days ago.- He was rushing about in
the down-town business district and
suddenly remembered that he wanted
to telegraph to a friend whose offices
are at No. 195 Board way. The' Call
fornlan dashed Into tfte nearest tele
graph office, wrote out his dispatch,
and covering It with the' necessary
coin passed it through the wicket to
the receiver. The latter glanced over
the message and smiled.
"What is the matter?" asked the
Callfornlan,
"Why this is No. 195 Broadway,"
VA the, receiver, "and-youf Bian Is up
stairs.
The Callfornlan had bis nerve with
him, so he calmly said:
"I know that. Let it go anyhow.; I
guesS I can telegraph across the
room If I want to. We do that sort ot
thing frequently in 'Frisco." New
York Press. '
The Salt of the Earth.
It was a damp day, when evil spir
its held high carnival. Many things
went crosswise under the spell of
their witchery, but they exercised a
particularly baleful Influence on the
salt, which clogged and stuck, and In
spite of vigorous shaking and pound
ing, refused to sift out of the boxes.
All the lunehers in a Broadway restau
rant found themselves handicapped b
this aggregation of seasonable parti
cles. One woman alone solved the
problem of salting hoy food properly.
She, after repeated attempts to dis
lodge a few grains, drew a steel hair
pin from beneath her hat cleared the
perforations in the top of the shaker,
stirred tbe salt to a powder and pro
ceeded to season her vegetables.
The man opposite sat amazed ' at
this truly feminine expedient for run
ning the universe. Once he seemed
on the point orremonstratlng, but be
thought better of It and went on eat
ing in alienee. New York. Press.
An Eye for Beauty. -Yesterday
afternoon a woman in a
Sixth avenue "L" car sat faelfrtman
who, with one eye at least seemed
be staring fixedly at her. She became
indignant and said sharply: .
"Why do you look at me so, slrT"
Tbe man raised his hat - gallantly
and replied:
"I beg your pardon, madam, but It's
this eye, Is it not?" lifting his finger
to his left optic , , .
"Yes.". ' .
"Well, madam, I'm hardly responsi
ble, tor the action of that eye. It's a
false one, madam. But upon , my
word, I am not surprised that even a
glass eye should be Interested In so
pretty a woman." ;
The explanation and the compli
ment combined overwhelmed her with
confusion, and .she left the train at
the first station. New York Press. '
Funeral of Famous Football Player.
Tens ot thousands ot people, mainly
ot the working classes, attended the
funeral ot James Valentine, the fam
ous international1 Rugby - footballer,
which took place at Irlams-o'-th'-Hetght
within sight of the football
ground on which he won so many
triumphs. V ! s .
The street In which Valentine's
bouse Is situated was impassable, and
traffic In the main roads around waa
suspended. Many well known foot
ballers were present snd thousands of
flowers were thrown In and around tho
grave. London Daily Mall.
The Only Trouble.
"Miss Passay hasn't any beau at.
all, has she I"
"No, ber past discourages suitors."
"Why, there's nothing tSe man -with
her past Is there?"
"Nothing, except that It's too Ion."
Philadelphia Ledger.
k A Saving In 8hoe.
Sheffield manufacturers note a j
falling off In the demand f, r
milkers' knives. They rr '
to fie Mvil !!; In Shoe 1 r
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