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VOLUME XIX. FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBEB 23, 1904. MjMUEU.47 JS i-i, j'fV , A i h ilk it ,' f Ivtl - IBtsi J"t '' MKx : s.jar: -awKs&v t 1 mmmm&mm. - . - buying' the ThanKsg'iving TurKey. A Picture) of Puritan Days. Drawn by Lynn B. Hunt. op YE a YE IN PlLGRin5 DWELT .--us :j By Flossfe Featherbrain OXO, long ago, Ihere was Tbu Kock. It lay In tlnk shallow Mud KluU of the Bay, looking out across the ocean and WnitiMl for iii. ..as Coming. lien at Inst ll came The Kock remained. Cold and Unsmiling. It knew Us Own Worth. ThlH was in Deceiuher, lUL'U. Then thp rilgrlms landed and Took the Kock and called it Theirs. They did not build a fence Around It the First Season, for they had Something Else to Do beside Knocking off Pieces of It to keep in their Writing desks for pa per weights and Curios. There were One Hundred One Pil grims and the baby, Perlglnation M'ulte, who came on board so late that lie didn't have to Pay any Passage Money. "Massachusetts Bay Is Not Virgin la," Raid Myles Standlsb as he wiped Ills Feet on the Rock. This was No Joke and the Kock Felt It. . Then Stnmlish got lteaily to make It Warm for Jones, the Master of the Mayflower, for landing them There. But there was so mnch Snow and Ice that It was too Big a Contract; besides. Governor Carver said he was a man of Teace, and there was No Proof that uuilu uu iigrceu iu jrui up noouie for Jones If he landed the Pilgrims out side Manhattan Colony Limits, - Somehow, The Rock wasn't Up to jliuib as a place ror Housekeeping, and the Log houses the Pilgrims built "ONI DAT 00V,' BBAD70BD TOOK THB. XiTTTLB CAPTAIN SI THB BlT1TOKH0L., didn't have Furnaces and Modem Cem veuiences enough to suit .Tone, though be got Into Hot and Cold Water when ever lie wet Standlsb, so he sailed away with the Mayflower for Eng land. Then the Young Wives and the little children, Even some Sirong Men, and the gentle Governor Carver Ate less and lest each day, Often not at all; But the Less they Ate the More they Prayed, Singing weakly, "I'm a" Pil grim, I'm a.Htrnnger, I can Tarry, I can Tarry but, A Night" Anil One by One they set off on a Longer Journey Alone.'"... v- - "-'.'-, - Iu the spring there were so many widowers and bachelors that the wo men were not Tempted to waste Time nnd money lit Matrimonial Agencies. ' b.nt only had to Decide Whom they would Condescend to Marry. This Deciding Things troubled Prls cilln Mollnes. . Prlsellla was the French Maid. She Laughed u Great Deal, for her Teetli were Small. and even as n 8qilrrW's.She was the Best -Cook In Plymouth Colony , nd she could Shrng Iiit Shoulders and' look out of the Tall of her Eye at a lnii. Other gl.-ls said she hud ltei! Ilnir. ;: .' ?;V One day Governor Bradford took the Little Cjiptn lit by the Biittnuhlle. S,-iiil be: "M.vles, I'm going to talk lo you :j $' V''-S..Jf.v oLDBKlTlhES oLDEN Tlnci THE LAND like a Dutch Inclo. You Ought to i Marry. It Is your duty to the Common wealth to Become n Family Man." Stainllsh wagged his Ked Beard. "Oh, Come Off, will Bradford," says lie. "I'm In shape to Blow the Heads off of the Indians for you, but don't say Marry to me." But Bradford Kr:t On saying It. SHI WOCID 1.00 OW OF THB TAtt OP HUB TI Xt A MAW." - Next day Stnndlsh walked out to the green Wheat Field on the hillside. Rose Standlsb slept beneath it with Fifty others from the Colony." Then he thought of Prlscllla Mollnes and the way she Laughed at the Men. Myles standlsb Groaned. Then be Thought Out a Pretty Plan. There was John Alden. John was a Jlg. soft-hearted Strawberry Blonde. Prlscllla Looked at him ' Frequently, but be Never said Anything. John and the Captain lived togeth er. Myles wasn't much for Size, but he Didn't have his red beard foi Noth ing, and he Bossed Johu. John would do Anything for bim. -. Myles went home and he Hd: "John, go and tell Prlscllla Mollnes that I am Heady to Marry her." - John nearly Fell to Pieces. He had been trying for a Month to get bis (irlt up and ask her for Himself. Ih Gulped twice and said: "Yes.' sir." lie Jammed his hands Into his Hip pockets and Started to the Elder's house. He Forgot bis Hat. -A"": r Prlscllla was Spinning. She asked Were the Savages sComlngf He said he did not Know, lie. Hoped so, and i (but Myles 8tandlsh wa Ready to Marry Her. Prlscilln's eyes looked Dangerous, "JAMMED HIS HANDS INrO HI POCK ETS AND STARTED FOB THB ELDBB'S," and she said Something in French. John could not I'lideintnnd It, so lie P.ejinn to'. Explain.. The Captain was Li Jf pliJJ.J;ll .1 i in t I. Too busy to go Courting, to lie scut him. Prlscllla snld she did not Like little Men, and there could be too much Ited Hair In One Family. John felt Better and told her bow Kind and Honorable and Brave and Gentle and generally Elegant the Cap tain was, until Prlscilln's Thread got Tangled up. She took a Step Toward John. She Tipped up One Shoulder and looked Down at him from the Cor ner of her Eye. Her "lips were Red. "Why don't you Speak for Yourself, John?" clip said. Then Johu Took a few Stops and her Thread Broke and She Han away. But Myles Standish was Mad Clear Through. Well, tho Pilgrims Worried through the Summer, though there was Plenty of Nothing but Prayer and Privation "All Fasting and no Feasting makes pie Weary," said Governor Bradford, so after the Harvest. In November, he Ordered s Week .jf Feasting aud Thanksgiving. Mitssasolt and Ninety Braves were Invited, Just to show them that the White Man Forgave the Indians for Living. The Indians came early And Brought their Appetites. Most of the 1'llgrlms were in Bed. -Massnsoit did not Ring the Doorbells. He merely gave a few Playful Wnrwhoops and his braves did the Rest. The Pilgrims Got Up. "A Dog Hoes not Bite the Hand that Feeds him,", said the governor. "Fly around, girls, and get Breakfast." This was the Bill of Fare: Hasty Pudding, Treacle. Clam Chowder. Cold boiled Venison. Turnips. When the Guests Left the table i:. wasn't Anything else left except tit; Dishes, and not having Pockets, Mas sasoit and his Braves did not Carry Away the Spoons as Souvenirs, Next Captain Standish bad his Inn ings. The Captain Tlayed in Grea't Form. He marched his Army of Nine teen Men down from the fort by Twos and Threes and Fours. They made Hollow squares nnd Every Old Thing be could think of. They Blazed away with the Cannon on Top of the Fort, and the cannon on the' Hill. Then they All fired together into the air. At 'Ml SWORD W A GOOD WIM, 1CABBXAGB IS A FAILCBB, ANYHOW, this Time Massnsoit decided that It would be a Good Plan to go deer Hunt ing, no lie and bis Braves Went. PrUcllla snng, "I Don't Care If They Never Come Bock " hut thev aid .mi brought Deer and Turkeys and Oys ters oy the Bushel. Prisellla Bossed the other women and John Alden and they Cooked and Cooked, and the Men Ate and ate, Just as they ddr Now, for Three Dy. When Captain Standish saw John Alden bringing Wood and Water'for Prlscllla, and Opening oyster shells and Standing (Jose by Her, and beard her Singing, be turned and looked at the Wheat Stnndlng , Untouched on the Hillside. Then lie went up Into the little Fort nnd Cleaned np the Guns, saying to himself, "Well, what's the Difference? My Sword Is a Good Wife. Marriage Is a Failure Any how." Detroit Free Press. Th Limit. - - . : Mrs. Muggins "Do your new neigh bors do much borrowing?" Mrs. Bng glns "They try to. I had a turkey hanging out of the back window, and they sent over yesterday to know If I would lend It to them mill) after Thanksgiving." A SERMON FOR SUNDAY A STRONG DISCOURSE ENTITLED, "MAN'S CONDITION! COD'S RE MHuY." An AMrat Dtllrorfid at 1h Mlltltimv . CofefereUM bj HlrKobarl Amlarnnii, K. t. B., IX.D.-Tht gplrllnul Hilplnii. Bs and HopclMintu of Man, Lohdoji, England'. The following d J ... . i' , 1 ; . j ...i 1 . Kcmdy, was delivered at the jMi.uinny Conference by Sir Robert Anderson. K. C. B..LL.D. The special subject usigned to me is ''The Spiritual Help'.eumesa of Mn by Nature, nd the Hfrr Birth From Above. I am not here to defend tin dogmas that theology has baied upon this truth. What Concerns us ii the truth itaelf. I any tliw with emphaaia-, because of what is past ing around na And this should hd our position in re- 5ard to all the great doctrines of faith, he age of creeds is paascd. In dayt of chivalry, when men had resnect for truth and honor, creeds shut out thono who could not honestly accept them. But now they avail nothing to protect the gold againat "thieves and robbers." Men will publicly, and in the, moat solemn way) pledge their belief lnt every Clirittian truth in order to gain office 'in our churches; and as soon as they secure the prestige and pay- which office affords, tbey use the pulpits to attack the very truths inejr are pieagea ar.a suuaiaizct to aeiena. This being so, lot us abandon the out works of fir creeda, and, falling back Upon the Bible, str.nd four-aquare in its In this soirit I enoroach my tulu'cct. I am not ignorant of what theo'ojy teaches about human depravity, nor of the enntro versies respecting it which iireccded the settlement of our creeds, nut on this platform f will recognise no authority save an open JiiDie. juy reason :or saying mis is because here, aa on manv other ones- tions, the opponents of the truth owe their vantage ground to wnat is calico ihrit tian doctrine on the subject. For (he doctrine it iuconaiatent with facts, where as between truth and fact conflict is im bosaible. A natursl man, 1. e., a man who has not experienced the new birtb. and who has not the Spirit of God, may live a life of the highest morality and rectitude. Scripture testifies that in these qualities the Apostle Paul made no advance after his conversion. It it no answer to this to say that in bis unconverted dayt he came under the externsl influences of di vine truth. The fact remains that they wefe nm'onvertea days, and that with such an environment he was able to main tain such a life of purity and piety and seal, albeit he was spiritually dead in sins. He took to religion as another man might take to pleasure, or to ttudy, or to trade, or to drink. But in this, as he himself declare, be was only following his natural bent "the desires of the flesh and of the mind Neither it it an objection that tuch a ease is exceptional. What man has done men may do. If the rail made it imnos lible for men to lire pure and upright livet, in would be unjust in God to judge them lor their vices. There are two treat ttandards or nrin eintes of divine judgment. With those who hear the Gospel, the consequence! of accepting or rejecting Christ are final and irreversible. As for the rest, men will be judged by the law of tlieir being, whether .".s stamped on heart or conscience, or as formulated in express commands at Mnai. THE NATURAL MAN. The first three chanters of Romans claim notice here. The first chapter describes the condition in which the mass ot the heathen world, was mink even in days When the tide of human nronress and cul ture was at the flood, and when, more over, the great religious cults of clastic Paganism Held up a standard of life as high aa any that apostate Christendom presents cults of which one at least had such spiritual vitality that three ccntnries sfterwarda it bid fair to supplant Chris tianity at the religion (I am not speak ing of the true Christianity of the true Church of God) maintained its ascend ancy, it was fir t by nen.il lawt of ex treme severity, and second by adopting the chief characteristic rites and errors of the Paganism which it thus persecuted. These things need stating if we are to Understand-aright the closing words of the first chapter of Romant. The vile radices of the heathen world were not ue to ignorance. They -knew that their deeds were evil. They knew the judg ment of God, that thev who .practiced such things were worthy of death, and yet they practiced them. But the clue of Saul of Tarsus was wholly different. If what men call con science were the arbiter of human con duct; if that were rig-lit which s man honestly believed to be right, hit wat a perfect life. At judged by any and every human ttandard, Saul of Taisut wat a pattern saint; blitas judged by God he was a pattern tinner. And if you read the middle veraes of Romant 3 intelligent ly, thit it the lesson you will learn from them: It it God's estimate of the life of the natural man at his best the life ot the upright, pious, sealout Jew under law, "For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of Uod. The story it told of the first Duke of Cambridge, that when, in the reeding of the Decalogue, the Seventh Commandment was reached, instead of the orthodox re sponse, he answered, jn an sside, that was plainly audible, "I never did that." But here wat a man who could make a like reiponte to every commandment in the Decalegue. "Aa touching the righteous ness that it in the law, blameless." Such was his prnund bosst. You will say, perhapt, that thit only proves that he was utterly blind and dead. But that is precisely what I am insisting pn; that to far is it from the truth that human nature is hopelessly corrupt and depraved, aa men jud of corruption and depravity, that a natural man may lire a life that would put to shame half the saints in the calendar. Ty a course of un christian asceticism and severe penances for "punishing the body," these calendar saints attained to what men deem saint hip. But to thit man saintahip wat as natural at tin was .to many of the saints of the calendar. , - Ope of the tests which people hold to be final is that man shall "do his beat," What more can possibly be expected of himf This man ''did his best,'' and his pest was s "record" thst hat never been beaten. Whs- purity of life wat his! What pietyl What burning teal! What self-sacrificing devotion to what he lie. lieved to be the cause of God! But looking back upon it all, he writes, "Who was be fore a blasphemer." And what a blas phemer! ' And so, when he comes nnder the Divine searchlight, he declares himself the chief of sinners. Scanning the long line of all the tinners of the race, he tnkn his n! at their head, "of whom I am the first.'' It tnete were not tne woras ot an in spired Apostle in an inspired epistle, we might auspect exaggeration. And yet t'ley on.y express the well recognised prinoip'e that privilege increases responsibility and responsibility deepens guilt. Of course he knew no better. But that only made hit ease the worse, for if ever there wat a man who ought to have known better it wat he. And so he takes his place at "chief of tinners." And he humbly addt, "I obtained mercy." , . - i And he repeats thit. For he wat twice mcrritd. It it not God's way to put blasphemer! into the minntiy. And to, at he thinks of the Lord't "exceeding abun dant crace" in calling him to the apoutle thin. Tie aava. "I obiaiued reerev. because I did it ignorantly in belief." But for a lost, dead tinner a plea like thit trails absolutely nothing. For such, the one and only plea is ' that Christ Jesus came into the world to save tinners." THR WORK OF REDEMPTION. The Knistle to the Romans goea on to unlold the doctrine of salvation. Sin ar- ' raigns the tinner before the Divine judg merit teat, and he standi there at guilty ami doomed. Salvation therefore can only be throi'ffh redemption, and redemption must be by blood, ltnt as we have teen, sin h.-u another a;'ectr it.cormptt and dcpi.ues Hie hcte e..jri(iinl beuuv The s.tlli. c tlh tel'.'i'o itfriN a ncvy nature, lie 1m- a - '!, b "u h.im above. I u. ... I..,- , ,. , ,.,.,. l.o ,. -.,(. which we are told' that Christ came by water and blood; not by water alone, but by water and blood at the R, V. renders it, "by the water end the blood." We sll know what the blood means. We are "redeemed by the precious blood of Christ at of t lamb without blemish and without spot." But some ot us art much at sea about the waten The Water and the blood are figurative expression!. But the figure! are typical; Ana if we under stand the types, both . will turn oilr thoughts to the sacrifice of Cslvsry. The water was "the water of purification" of Numbers 19. Water that owed its cere monial efficacy 10 the sin offering. But the sin offering was only for s redeemed people; a. people already redeemed by the blood of the Paschal Lamb. When the Lord returns in blessing to Israel, then, IS Kzekiel 88 tesches us, Re will come "by the water." But this is because Hi first Eoming was not by the water only, but y the water and the blood. The blood as already been ahed, redemption is ac complished. . ' v . The two, I repeat, mutt sever be sens rated.. And aa redemption is altogether God's work, so alto is the new birth. Like the Apostle's ministry (Gal. I: l, R. V,), it is "not front men, neither through man." No ordinance or "sacrament" has anything to do with it. Men can fix time and place for ordinances, for ordinances relate to earth; but the new birth is fro-n above. The Spirit breathes where Ht wills. - - , It is to thit thirty-sixth chapter of zt kiel that these words of Chritt refer. Three elements in the new birth are speci fied in the breehecyi (1) "t will sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean." (v, 25.) (2) "I will give you s new heart. (v. 28.) . . (3) "And I will put My Spirit within you.1' (v. 27.). ; "THE WATKR OF REGENERATION." In Matt. 10:23, the time of its fulfill ment for the man it designated by the Lord as "The Regeneration?' And in the only other passage in the New Testament where that word ocoura, it is used in con nection with "the water of purification" and the Eitekiel prophecy, I allude of course to, Titut 3:3! "lie saved us by the washing of regeneration and renew ing of the Holy Ghost." Tht word here nsed is loutron, It is mis-rendered "washing," for it it a noun substantive and sot a verb and the R. V. gloss (mar gin) it mitletding, for loutron is never used in the Greek Bible for "the laver." But in the Greek Version of Ecclus. 34:211 it is used (or the Vessel whick held "the Water of purification." But to return to the Divinely appointed rite of the Jewish religion, What was the symbolism of the water? Scripture itself supplies the snswer. The word loutron, like the word "regeneration," occurs only twice in the New Testament, I have al ready spoken of Titus 3:5; the other pas sage is Kph. 5:26, Chritt gave Himself for the Church, "that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the loutron of water by the Word." In the type the Israelite reached the sacrifice by meant of the wa ter; in the antitype the believer reaches the sacrifice by meant of the Word. Hence the language of Scripture, "the loutron of water in the Word." The water of puri fication wat; at we have seen, the water of regeneration; and it is by the Word that the sinner is born again to God. It haa Sothing to do with mystic srtt or thib oletht after the pattern of ancient Pa eaniam. "We are horn again" (at the in spired Apottle teaches) "by the Word of God" ';the living and eternally abiding Word of God." And to guard sgainst all possibility of error or mieapprehension( it it added, "And this is the Word which by the Got pel is preached nnto you" preached, as tie had already declared, "with the Holy Ghost sent down from Heaven." Not the Spirit without the Word, nor the Word without the Spirit, but the Word preached in the power of the Spirit. In all this the truth of Christianity is the counterpart and complement of fhe teaching of the Old Testament. How can tinner!, helpless, hopeless, dead as dead aa dry bones scattered on the earth be bom again to God? "Can theoe bones live?" wss the question which, led the prophet to cast himself on God. And the 37th chapter of Ewkiel gives the answer: Preach to them. Call upon them to hear the Word of the Lord. (v. 4). This is man's part; or if anything more remains it is "Prophecy unto the bresth" prsy that the Spirit may breathe upon tnete dead. The rest it God't work altogether. For "the Spirit breathes when He wills." Men preach: the Spirit breathes; and the dry nonet live. Thut it it tint sinner are born aamin. London Christian. Look Ahead. There it glory for the time to come. A great many people teem to forget that the best is before us. Dr. Bonar once said that everything before the true believer is "glorious."- This thought took hold on my soul, and I began to look the matter up and see what I could find in Scripture that was glorious heresfter. I found that the kingdom we are going to inherit hi glorious) our crown is to be a "crown of glory;" the city we are going to inhabit is the city of the glorified; the songs we are going to ting are the songs of the glorified: we are to wear garments of "glory and beauty;" our society will be the society of the glorified; our rest is to be "glorious;" the country to which we are going it to be full of the glory of God and of the Lamb. There are many who are always looking on the backward path and mourning over the troubles through which they have passed; they keep lugging the cares and anxieties they have been called on to bear and are forever looking at them. Why should we go reeling and ataggering under the burdens and cares ot life when we have such glorious prospects before us? D. L. Moody. -... .. :- rny ror Holiness. Let our prtyer be ever for more holiness and more fitness for the kingdom. Then thall the tabernacle . of God be with men, and we shall be Ilia people, and God Him self shall be with us. . NEWSY GLEANINGS. - Locusts have become a plague la Spain. - - - -. , British coal Is now shipped to Jeru salem. - The ivar lias already . cost JaDan 300,000,000. - Many people were killed tills year In gathering edelweiss on the Alps. ; Fx-Senator W, E. Chandler broke au arm trying to start bis automobile at Warner, N. H. : , ..- Iu an ImpromptilXiiel at Mlddleboro, Ky.. Max Wolf was killed and Jeffer son Elter seriously wounded. - - In a flt of melancholia Mrs. Beasie Peck drowned her three-year-old daughter and herself at Kansas City, Mo. The two colliers authorized by Con- gieis for the navy will-be built In the Government yards nt New York City and Mare Island, .; -- ' . -v.,, By fue xploion of alcohol In ' 'Hie Marion dud.) Hospital Burr Wallace. an employe was killed aud several oth ers were Injured. ;. . , Fruit nnd vegetable grower III Flor ida. A 1; !:i iii;i , Georgia nnd Mississippi met nt Jacksonville to organize to se- itite hett-r in.nkels. , .... Fold' pelvoni were killed by fi freight li'tdii on the Wheeling nnd I.nke Krie r.alliv.td running down n two-bore wagon near 1'lingrin Fall. O. lleraihl by tuffs on the frttnk a M ".-ill-ran Cent nil train wiitwown S'to Ilio ililcb.nl T.iiir.ooil. MV?ri,.-nn'l' Kn'.'liieer Thomas line was killed. A I'.liilTUin itinD man ha filed n biinkrmitcy petition, iu which lie clr 1ms io have b: n ruined by an nnto ir. Vol I which originally coit only ?U!)ii, Two honor.-1 ihlMren In Die I.one-' f''!!'iv y--li(..- .-it I 'hiriiiro uvuil on p. rl!;e i 11'', U . .no: I- .ii,l '!! " ' i-"- A BIRD WARDEN'S LIFE. ! DANGERS OF THE MEN WHO GUARD THE BREEDING PLACES. The Hunter for Plumage Hate Them, and Their Lives are In Oangar Bird 8peclea That Ar New Almost ' Extinct Coleniee ef Rare Kindt. ; "That man Bradley I going to ba 1 killed some time," said Frank M, 1 Chapman, the ornithologist of the Am ' erlcan Museum ot Natural HUtory. I Mr. Chapman had Just returned from trip to Florida, and the Bradley he meant 1 0. M. Bradley, the warden of the American Ornithological Union In M tin roe county, of that tate. "Bradley ha been shot at more than once, and some day they -will get him," added Mr. Chapman. ' "Monroe county stretches along the southwestern side of - Florida - from Whitewater Bay and the Everglade southward to the coast and on the mangrove 'keys from Card's South to Indian Key and Cape Sable. It Is a wild country of mangrove Islands, Im penetrable jungles of saw grass, treacherous mudholes, apparently bot tomless creeks of toft mud, and al most Impassable morasses. One would think that In thi sort of country the bird would be safe. "But as a matter of fact this whole region Is infested with outlaws, white and black. They make their living hunting and fishing and selling plum age to millinery dealers. There are ex cellent laws In Florida for the protec tion of birds, but laws are obeyed on ly when there is a warden on band. Bradley has been a most active in efficient warden, and that's the reason I'm afraid they're going to kill him some time. They have sent him word that they will. "The plume , hunters are, of course, the worst depredators. There are laws cover lug the doalers In plumes, but Bradley Is warden only In one coun ty, and the plumes are sent to stores in the next county, where they are col lected" for the city trade. "The white egret, abundant twenty years ago, la so nearly exterminated that It does not pay to bunt it any more. The special purpose of my visit to Florida was to get material for a paroquet group for the museum. Early In the last century all the Southwest ern States, as far north aa Virginia, were full of paroquets. "I traversed the entire Kisslmmee river region and camped seven days on the edge of the Okeechobee swamp and saw but twelve of the birds. From talk with residents I found that the bird Is practically extinct. No ore In the world lias ever seen Its nest, so far as reported. I did not find oue. and when I found how scarce the bird was I made no attempt tb get specimens." Tbe birds have towns and cities of their own throughout Monroe county, where they collect at nesting season. The warden makes special efforts to protect these rookeries. -Just before Mr. Chapman's visit a white heron rookery which had been guarded with care was Invaded and 'every bird kID ed. - Some of these rookeries are exceed ingly remote. There la one of the wood ibis two miles inland on Bear Lake. 'To reach this tbe warden has to pack bis canoe on bis back for two miles through a thick tangle of man grove swamp. There are only about twenty nests in this rookery. To visit the big rookery at Cuthbert Lake, sev en miles inland, one haa to pole and scull a small skiff through a chain ot six lakes connected by narrow, tor tuous creeks overgrown with a tangle of red mangrove. The big rookery Itself la on a man grove island two acres In extent. On this 4000 birds havu their nesting places. About half the colony are Lous tana herons. . Even this great rookery is surpassed by one discovered in an almost Impassable morass at Alligator Lake, four miles Inland from Cape Sable. Tbe mangrove islands on which the birds were nesting were surround ed by an almost impenetrable Jungle. The area was too vast and travel too difficult to permit , the taking of a census. "The American egret and snowy her on, both of them "birds of the bon net," are almost exterminated. The .white Ibis and roseate . spoonbill, sought for food and sport, are rapidly decreasing. Other birds, like : the "Louisiana and llttla blue herons, the plumes ot which are not fashionable, still exist In great numbers. . On Pelican Island, in Indian Riv er, Warden Paul Kroegel watches over tbe welfare of the young pelican. This Interesting Infant U one of the char acters of the bird world. He begins to talk before he leaves the egg, in a tone resembling that of an unintelli gent puppy, and keeps It up Incessant ly until be tsglns to learn to fly. He fights from the first time he leaves the nest, and waddles over to the next one to whip the occupants, at whom he haa been squawking defiance for - - day. Three or four thousand of these agree able youngsters are coming to matur-. Ity at Pelican Island. i At the Sandy Key Lighthouse the lighthouse keeper protects a colony ot least tern. :vThls colony now numbers more than 3000 birds. On Bird Key, a little island among the Dry Hortugas, an, A. O. U. warden protects a large colony of sooty and noddy terns. They arrive about the middle of April and leave late in August, all departing at one time and in the night. ' J- : Vp in Virginia, eight wardens guard 1. great breeding grounds which run from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the Maryland line. Here tbe danger Is from egging. Not many ttf .the birds are now shot; a change from a few years ago, when three men killed 2800 Jn three days. - Ten of the society's wardens wstch the Maine coast. So well do they do their work that a colony of night her ons, occupying twenty acres of wood land at Falmouth, within ten minutes walk of an electric car line, enjoy per fect security. On Bluff Island near by a colony of terns Increases about 600 a year. Their eggs are so plenty that one must walk with care to avoid treading on them. At Metlnlc Green Island tM only laughing gulls that breed In Main find a home during the nesting season. Thousands of Arctic and common eerrM breed there, also tit."ther with ,; '- 1 h's p-t-!, n1! very ' tame. The laughing gull was nearly extinct In Maine, but is now Blowly increasing In this refuge. , About this time of the year the war dens are taking tbe bird census with an exactitude astonishing' to the .lay mind. The fact that four pairs of puffins have nested at a given point instead of three, as the year before; that six laughing trulls have appeared InBtead of four,' Is noted with prlde. New York Sun. INDIAN BABIES' CRADLE.' Mode of Wrapoing Ug the Little Red ... 'aklne 80 That They Thrive. Fancy a tiny copper-colered pap poose buckled up snugly In a queer buckskin bag that resembles nothing In nature so much as the cosey cocoon cradle of a baby butterfly, and then draw upon your imagination "still fur ther, picturing this odd receptacle swinging from the leafy canopy of an Indian wickiup or brush arbor, and you have before you an Indian baby and his wonderful cradle, sas tbe Los Angeles Times. . Gorgeous yellow butterflies and brown Kiowa babies are seldom linked together in song or story, yet in real life their wrappings, while In the chry salis state, bear a remarkable resem blance to each other. The cocoon cradle proper and its various modifications as found among the different trlbcB of North American Indians are constructed from the skins of animals. And right here we may pause and trace the origin of another famous nursery rhyme to the Indian cocoon cradle. For did not the father of Baby Bunting go a-buntlng to get a little rabbit's skin to wrap that mythical baby In? All full-blood Ki owa babies are born Into 'the Pho-ll-yo-ye, or P.abblt Circle, and are taught to dance In the mysterious Circle of Rabbits as soon as they learn to tod dle, belonging to the Rabbit Order of the Kiowa soldiery. Hence a rabbit skin would be a very appropriate wrapping, for a Ki owa Baby Bunting, though neither large enough nor strong enough for his cradle. The, red deer of the for est, quarry of the rod-skinned hunter, gives of his beautiful covering to make the cradle that. Is to swing from the treetop, literally treetops, cut from the cottonwoods and elms that fringe the clear little streams rippling through the. Kiowa reservation, and piled high on a framework of poles, to serve as a "summer parlor" In front of his fath er's tepee. The erode deer hide Is carefully dressed by a tedious and secret proc ess known only to these Indians, and when fin lulled Is as soft and pliant, as the most expensive chamois skin. Then loving fingers skilfully embroid er with rjiillls liea' -1 1 fill beadwork de signs upon the delicately tinted deer Sn. Kiowa cradles are more orna mental thanvtiosa af other tribes, and Kiowa Squaws excefiBjhat marvelous Indian beadwork now the popitUr fad of their paleface sisters. Some"bt of this beadwork embroidery Is not only very beautiful, but very elaborate. The Sioux snuaws, who alone rival their Kiowa sisters, ornament the cra dles of their little ones with bands of deerskin, ujjon which are wrought, in colored beads, gorgeous patterns of men, horses, birds, fish and flowers. Instead of a wooden .framework they substitute a basketwork frame ot reeds and sometimes thev use seed and grasses instead of beads. Tbe Cheyenne, Apache and Coman che Indians all use cocoon cradles', patterned after the Kiowa cradles, but theirs are not ornamented as elabor ately as those of the Kiowas. In truth, the grim and warlike Comanche of the plains wastes very little time In decorating the receptacle of his off spring. A stout piece of deerskin, fastened to an equally stout wooden frame and laced np securely with raw hide thongs, suffices his simple need. A Piscatorial Pet. A remarkably story is told ot a lady living near Ingestre Hall, Staffs, who has made a pet of a trout. A cor respondent writes that while walking rourt'l a pool In that neighborhood he observed a lady throw a piece of bread on the water. Almost immedi ately the surface ot the pool was ruf fled, there was a glimpse of bright col or and the bread had disappeared. Other crumbs followed, thrown nearer and nearer to the bank, and gradual ly there swam into view a fine trout. : Without tbe slightest trace ot shy nessS the trout came to the edge of the bank, to the very feet ot the lady, and waited tor more bread to be thrown. In reply to questions put by the vis itor, the lady stated that the trout had been her pet for a long time, and had become so tame that it would even take a worm or a piece of meat from her fingers. ,'. - - The pool Is stocked with hundred of trout, but this, emlously enough, is the only one among them all to act In this way. ' It lives by itself In a part of the pool which no angler are allowed to Invade, and comes regular ly at the appointed time tor It meals of bread. London Dally New, The Russian Peasant' Dainties. The Russian peasant, even if the bread he eat Is black, has a bonne bouche to add to bis meal i much sought by epicures In the western world the wild mushrooms . which grow thousands upon thousand on the steppes of Russia. At any time 4 full and savory meal Is provided with the addition ot sausage and onions; even a mushroom alone often contents them for a meal with their coarse rye bread. The poorest laborer also haa a luxurious drink always available In from the ever-present samovar, and the tea they drink would be the envy ot any American connoisseur. of that beverage, for the best of China's tea Is found In Russia, and all classes en Joy Its quality and fragrance. Never Is the water allowed to stand on the tea over a few moments, so nont'e,t the poisonous tannin Is extracted, and a delightful, mildly stimulating, straw colored drink is the result. Social Service. ' Sir George Lydenham Clarke, secre tary of the Brillrh el-rnse committee, lias beer'. Hiwtmr of Victoria end r i c v f 'i" mi-- : "!. THE APPLE CURE. In tbete dnys et indigestion, x Of fever mid oougewlliiii, A new ami pleimant remedy liatlateiy come to light; ' Tl a imre-nll pure and simple,) The vry' latest wrinkle Just eat a big round upple and you'll be . all right. .. i Then goodby to Inflammation, To pain unit ulceration; The vermiform appendix will be for ' gotten quite: 1 Throw away your pills galore, Vou won't need the 111 any more. Just eat a t.i;,' iviiutl apple and you'll be nil, right. If swell r word rUe and choke you, If an iiwfnl tlili'Jt comes o'er you And yon cm not Hud the keyhole in the ( middle of the night. This will bring the pence of mind After which you long have pined Just eat a big round apple uutl you'U be . all right. ; - Then goodby to palpitation, To gui-nit and amputation, The stirgeous and the specialists are In a dreadful plight; Throw uway your pills galore. You won't need them any more; Just ent a trig round npplo and you'U be all right. If you're feeling pesaimlstlo , . In a way tliut's reuliatlu If everything Is going wrung and things look black as night; If you're ill in mind or body. Do not slick to an old hobby Just eat a big round upple and you'll be til right. Then goudliy to nil narcotics, To follies unci hypnotics, The nieclicnl profession will soon be lost to eight; Throw away your pills galore, You won't need them any more; You eat a big round apple and you'll be nil right. New York Sun. f JUST FOR FUN "Is he rich?" "Rich! Wby, man, he owns a seat in the United States sen ate!" Town aud Country. He I wish I had money enough to travel, I wouldn't be here. She. Wouldn't that be delightful. Puck. ' "I doubt if you know the difference between grand opera and comic opera." "Oh, but I do. Grand opera Is comic." Puck. Spartlcus Does that fountain pen of yours leak that way all that time? Smarticus No, only when I have ink In it. Baltimore American, Visitor I've bought ycu a few choc olates. But I suppose you always have a quantity of swecta? Ethel No, I don't. I eat 'em all. Punch. Hoax "Why do you spend so much time over the advertising pages of the magazines? Joax I like to read the cereal stories Phlladelphla.Ledgefc- "An" umpire d- msfceaTpoor walking .delegate, wouldn't he?" Don't seo why." "He's always calling oil strikes." Cincinnati Commercial- Tri bune. v;' "Yes, sir, Charley says Miss DeWltt made a perfect monkey out ot him." "Has he thanked her yet for the im provement she brought about?" New rleans Times-Democrat. -v- ' His Sphere He Don't you know that I'm a fatalist? I believe that what Is to be will be. She Well, I'm quite sure, Cholly, that you'll never do any thing to prevent It. Puck. Tom And Is Bhe pretty? Jack Yes, figuratively speaking. Tom What do you mean by that? . Jack She has a bank account that is rather prepossessing. Chicago Dally News. ' "I suppose you have made It a ftRe In politics never to fwget a friend." "There's no danger of that,", answered Senator Sorghum. "It a man has doa anything friendly for you in politic he never lets you forget It" Wash ington Star. ' j "You are a newspaper man, 'are you not?" asked the physician. "Yes," "Well, I think that you have fallen into sedentary habits. You must be more active. "That Is Impossible. You see I am a war correspondent." Cleveland Leader. ' - "Tee! hee! giggled Miss Passay, "Mr. Guschley tells me that I inspire all the" love sonnets he writes." "Ves?" remarked Miss Pepprev, "I noticed all the ideas in his son were old and not by any means pret ty." Philadelphia Press. k The Elder Miss Spinster (appearing at the back door) Tell me, my good man, are vou the person who called here last week? . Knight ot the Road You don't mean the bloke what you' give the 'omade pie to? No, mum, I ain't 'im! 'E left me 'is ole togs when 'e pegged out, that's all. Judge. "You can tool all tbe people part of tbe time, and part of the people all of the time, but you can't fool the peo ple all of the time," declares the street orator. - "You can If you sell canta loupes,", chuckles, a man who la io-r ing toward the bank with the last W stallment ot his summer receipts." Judge. ' Eminent Specialist Yes, madame, your husband is suffering from tempo rary aberration, dut to overwork. It's quite a common occurrence. Wife Yes; he Insists that he's a millionaire. Eminent Specialist And wants to pay me a couple of hundred pounds tor" my advice. We'll have to humor him, you know." Plck-Me-Up. A S-waylno Pillar, The Church of StNlcatse, In the city of Rheims, Is surrounded with pillars., When a certain bell In the tower is rung tbe top of one pillar sways to the extent ot seven Inches on each side, although the base is im movable, and tbe stones are so firmly cemented a tq seem like a solid pir- of masonry. Notwithstanding that, each of tbe tour bells Is about tl " same distance from the trembling 1 lar, none of the others has the slimi est effeot on It- - Devotion to Realism. Horrified Parent Tommy, ul ,t i tbe matter with your fuce? V. ti 1. . earth has happened to yon? Tcrfimy KntlilY. maw; cmh- 1,,. Dirk'S I" '1 1 CtJJ. II J, !; ' fnro, en' yn' I v