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VOLUME XIX.
FRANKLIN. N. C WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER. 21. 1904.
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A Too, Succesul Prize-Winner.
. , By Carrofwatson Rankin.
j. The day before the opening
annual fair In Camp County,
"Ware, the nineteen-year-old son
president of the Agricultural
was In charge or. the entry
the administration building.
, retary, who usually attendei
to
; matter, was busy superlnten
erection of a new bandstand,
'. one having at the. last mom
1 pectedly collapsed.
There were seven books
the Ion? counter In front
n, upon
Gilbert
,. Near them a stack of entry
;e waited
Mm, the
' to receive the exhibitors' nv
' flames of their exhibits an
he class-
- es to which ihey belonged
Each eh-
- try book contained a Ion
llist
of ar-
'. tides for which premium
were of
fered, with .blank spaces
the ex
.. blotters', names. It was
ally a very
simple arrangement, auditor the first
hour, when the exhibits si rived slowly,
Oilhert had no troubtv But ten
o'clock found his table pfled high with
cucumber pickles, croOfsted bed-sllp-
oers. cut flowers, dressed dolls, Irult,
works of art, cabbagffe. and canary
birds in cages.
A score of Impatientexhibitors were
demanding exhibition tickets, calling
attention to the merits of their es
pecial brand of potatoes, and Insisting;
upon being attended to at once, some
of the men were making pathetto at
tempts -to give names to the articles
of fancy work entrusted to them by
their womenklnd.
"One at a time!" pleaded Gilbert,
pressing his hands to his head. "It's
this man's turn. Your name, please?"
' "Olaf Oleson." "Number two hundred
nd twenty -five; What have you?" as .
ed Gilbert, writing the name. "Apples
vinter cabbage, some yelly and yam for
my vomans, some sewing-work, some
" "Hold on! Let's tend to the apples
first. What kind Duchess of Olden
burg?" "Yaw." They look like Bald
wins," objected a bystander. "They're
Baldwins, aren't they?" "Yaw," as
sented the Swede. "No. they're Hed
Astrachans," said a second objecter.
"I've got 'some Just like 'em." "Well,
fix it up with the head of that de
partment I've entered 'em plain ap
plesr What's this cloth thing?" "Sew
ing vork. My vomans, she " "Yes, yes!
But what's its name? Is it knitted,
embroidered or hemstitched?. Is it a
table-cloth, a rug, or a SofafpIllowT"
"Yaw," replied the man cfbllglngly.
"I must have help!" criei Gilbert,
springing up and making fcjr the door.
"I'll be back presently." (
He looked up and down the road,
but the prospect was ot bronzing.
The working force was Inadequate
the heads of the departments were
already overburdened, and the fa'lr-
hjrounds were three miles from town.
Thorn wnra nennle enough, to bo sure.
. r
rmrmlns 1n -tfle gates wttn more
exhibits for Gilbert'to -eater, but he
law none who were likely" to make
aluable assistants. Suddenly, how
feyet, he caught eight of a girl who
was flying up the road on a bicycle,
' with a small parcel dangling from her
' . handlebars. He recognised in her
classmate, and one of the brightest
' girls In the high school.
"O Virginia," he shouted, "wait
minute!" "Did you call me?" asked
" the girl, springing to the ground. "Yes.
Could you help a fellow thats In a
Z peck of trouble? You Mon't need to go
home, do you? I brought lunch enough
" for two. Mrs. Bailey Js going to make
coffee over the poJeorn man's Are,
and we're all to lafve lunch in her
building. I need yJn awfully to help
me with the entr books. I can't see
bow a woman cauf work for a year on
' a piece of sewlnf and then, not know
what to call 1 when lt'a finished.'
"I'll do what i can," laughed Ylr-
be prospect of one of
ly's good lunches to cheer
i your friend for life!" said
lifting the bicycle up the
la promptly separated the
rom the goats to be accurate.
timpklns from the Battenberg
ben the secretary looked In an
later things were going finely,
lies of entry-tags had been materl-
reduced, and the crowd of Waiting
ADitors naa awmalea to a tew
Atered Individuals.
Now "that was a bright Idea," said
Ji secretary , catching sight of Vir-
;iula. "lt takes a feminine mini to
grapple with works of art, fancy-work
.and home-grown preserves. Hope you'll
stay right by us, Miss Virginia."
. Virginia worked all the afternoou
and promised to return the following
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i morning. She would need to come, any.
way, she said, to enter some things
" of her own. :; . .' ,v-,.
- In addition to being bright In school,
the girl was clever with her Angers,
and was In many ways unusually gif
ted. She painted In water colors, made
pen-and-ink sketches, and the walls
of her , schoolmates' rooms were a
domed with her spirited football pos
ters. Moreover, she was skilful with
her needle, as many a dainty bit of
embroidery attested. ;- u .
Just at that time a certain blue
Bilk waist, marked down from ten to
seven dollars, was tempting her sore
ly, It waa precisely what she wanted
for the Saturday evening concert: hut
' her, mother had shaken her head and
said: : "j, '--' ;r .
' ."No, Virginia, It's very pretty and
most beautifully made, hut I cant
afford to buy, it for you. Why don't
you take some of your work to the
fair? The premiums might pay for
It." V."' r,V ..V ;;..7 ,". v..'
"I did think of it, but Mrs. Blake
does everything I ; can do so much
better that she would surely take
all the first prizes. The second ones
aren't worth trying for."
After l iy with the entry-book,
however. Virginia changed her mind.
She had made a mentnl note of the
article after which only one entry
Jim
umber, or perhaps no number at
all, had been placed; and She went
home prepared for business.
Tired as she was. wh'tm she had An-
Isfiod her supper she flew from cup
board to closet, from drawer to shelf,
literally from garret to cellar, gather
ing up every article she - had em-
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oroidered Irom the time she was
first able to hold a necdlo, every
sketch she had drawn, every poster
she had painted. Even the doubtful
result of her one attempt at preserv
ing went to swell the pile in the cen
ter of her bedroom rug.
i ne resources of the house ei
hausted, Virginia flew to the garden,
candle in band, and stripped the sol
itary, stunted plum-tree of two quarts
of plums its entire crop. t";. Those
frdtn the sunny side of the tree were
tinged with purple; the rest were un
dersized and decidedly green.
Returning to her room, Virginia sat
down on the rug to label her exhibits.
Her three glasses of strawberry pre
serves received new names. . The Jar
in which whole berries were most in
evidence was relabeled "Home-Grown
Strawberries." The one containing
much broken fruit was marked "Straw
berry Jam." Virginia removed the
cover from the third, stirred in a little
ground cinnamon he had carried up
from the kitchen, and christened the
mixture "Spiced Strawberries." :
Six plate dollies were compelled to
do uuty as a tray-cloth, a specimen
of silk embroidery, an embroidered
stand cover, a bureau cover, a pin
cushion top and Kensington embrold
ery. The posters, likewise, served as
water-color heads, figures and painted
panels. - The prize for 'mere posters
was certain to go to Mrs. Blake.
When she reached the plum, Vir
ginia divided them Into two little
heaps, labeling the purple ones "Brad-
shaw" and the unripe ones "Green
Gages."
Why not?" questioned - Virginia,
salving her conscience, and packing
her exhibits Into a capacious basket
"It's Just what the farmers do with
their potatoes. There's everything! in
knowing Just how to enter things.
There! I'm done, thank goodness! I'll
get Ned Hicks to take this out In the
morning, when he takes his Belgian
hares."
Virginia was partly right about the
potatoes, although so wrong in her
reasoning. . There were farmers who
certainly made one variety of potatoes
masquerade under various pseudo
nyms, but. their example was not
good one to follow. Virginia, how
ever, was young and very thoughtless,
Tired out from an exciting day, she
went to bed without realizing the
enormity of her offense.
The next morning Virginia offered
her neat list to Gilbert, who made the
entries without a question until he
came to a number of articles for the
children's department. "How's this,
Virginia? You're over sixteen, aren't
you?"
"Yes, but I made the things before I
was sixteen."
un, mat s au ngnt, tnen! ' re
turned Gilbert. "I wish everybody
would enter thlngsas correctly labeled
as yours are. Only a few of the old
exhibitors ever think of making
list."
Virginia colored, partly with pleas
ure, partly with something else.
Things were beginning to take a new
aspect by daylight.
Twenty-four hours later the Judges,
after a prolonged stru gle with thirty-
five centrepieces of almost equal ex
cellence, and nine crazy-quilts so near
ly- alike that only the owners could
hop to tell them apart, turned with
relief to an extensive list of articles,
each followed by only one or two en
try numbers.
With only a cursory glance at the
articles themselves, the Judges award-
ed the first prize to one number anil
the second to the remaining one. Ow
ing to the remarkable manner Iff which
Virginia's exhibits had been entered,
almost every one of them was award
ed a first or a second premium.
She had not expected such universal
success, for there had been the chance
of other persons making entries un
der the same heads. Apparently, how
evoi, judging from the long line of
numbers stretching across the page af
ter the word "dollies," dollies meant
dollies and nothing more to most per
sons.
"My! You took a lot of prlxes,
dldnt you?" said Mrs. Shaw, the su
perintendent of the rancy-work depart
ment tearing pink and blue premium
checks from thick pads and handing
them to Virginia. "You took some in
the art department too, I guess. You
can get these cashed in the adminis
tration building. Don't you feel rlchr
, "Ye-es," said Virginia, cramming tha
slips into a purse that already bulged.
With ill-gotten gains from other de
partments. :
She felt more rich,; however, than
she did comfortable. Perhaps the
money might not have so soon become
a burden on the girl's conscience If
Gilbert, who still assisted at the of
fice, had not, in a spbrit of mischief,
paid out the amount of her slips In
twenty-two silver dollars. The weight
of fhem made her bicycle skirt sag at
one side.
Her spirits, too, began to sag corre
spondingly, for, as she turned away
from the counter, she heard the secre
tary say, "There isn't an honest hair
In that man Peck's head." Peck, she
remembered, bad had mora varieties
of potatoes than any one else.
As reward for her services the first
day, Gilbert had given her 'an official
badge, that admitted, her not only to
the fair grounds, but to the grand
stand. Sue had counted on spending: a
Jolly afternon witnessing the acrobatic
performances and the baloon ascen
sions, but they no longer seemed at
tractlve. rXii:':i-c'x:r
Even the blue sky appeared to lose
its brilliancy. The loud laughter of
the people round her Jarred oh her
nerves. She could see notnlng funny
Iri th antics of the clown. The wo
man beside her leaned against her
knee to talk to a friend who sat at
her feet, .. ,.; - ;-: ? .
"Yes," the first woman wa saying,
I did hope Katy Perkins would take
first prize on that tray-cloth of hers
ehs's' bedridden, you know, and It took
her a whole year to work" that piece.
lying on her back."' '
The Judges don't discriminate," re
turned the other woman. "Old Mrst
Cook was counting so cn having her
bureau - spread take first .premium.
Twas the only thing .she had to sen
and she worked terribly hard to get It
finished. The one that took the prlzq
wasn't better than a dolly."
Virginia Bushed. - The load In her
pocket and the one on her consolenof
seemed to be growing at the rate of a
pound minute.' " - ' .
f "I was sure, top," the woman con
tinued, "that Grandma Morse would
get something on her strawberries.
She makes the best spiced strawber
ries I ever tasted. Tk Judges went
by the looks, and never -opened the
bottle." . , . ;. V:-v"
"tlll, you can't blame them," was
the ( reply. - "They had ninety-seven
glasses of crab-apple Jelly; they say,
Twould probably kill 'em if they tast
ed everything. I didnt get anything
on my strawberries, either."
: The unwilling listener rose tastily
and changed her seat She did not
like the neighborhood. The new one,
however, proved no better, for she had
seated herself beside a girl of about
her own age, who was trying, but vain
ly, to soothe a younger girl sister sob
bing against her sleeve. :
"What's the matter?" asked Vir
ginia, sympathetically. "Has Susie
been hurt?"
"She dldd't get any prize on her
doll's wardrobe," said the girl. . "She
did every 'stitch herBelf, and there's
little flecks of blood all along the
seams, where she pricked her fingers;
but there were two other dolls, I
guess one of them was dressed by a
good deal older girl, though."
It certainly had been dressed by an
older girl. Virginia's path, clearly, was
strewn, with victims. It had not oc
curred to her that she was robbing
other persons in that wholesale fash-
Ion. The weight in her pocket was
becoming unendurable How could
she wear a blue-silk waist purchased
at such a price?
Suddenly Virginia brightened. Get
ting up hastily, she wormed her way
through the crowd, walking swiftly
along the board sidewalk, and ran up
the steps of the administration build
ing. As she had hoped, she found Gil
bert practically alone, for the ener
getic secretary, worn out with his la
bors, was sound asleep, with his chair
tipped back against the wall.
"Gilbert," said Virginia, hastily
scribbling the names of her victims
on a scrap of paper, "I want you to
take back part of this money, make
out premium checks for these four
persons, and tear up the correspond!"
ones Issued to me."
That Isn't quite regular," replied
Gilbert, "but I've had several applica
tions of this sort, and there's a way
to fit it."
What happens when people fall to
claim their premiums?"
Oh, the money stays in the treas
ury. See that box?" said Gilbert,
pointing to a tin box with a slot In the
top. "Some folks hiblt just fur the
good of the fair, and put their pre
mium slips or their money In there."
"Have you seen tbo balloon go up?"
asked Virginia, abruptly changing the
subject
"No. Haven't bad a chance. Fa
ther's kept me hustling."
It's fine," bald Virginia. "Go to the
door and see If It isn't going up now.
The man was getting it ready when
I come In. I'll sit here lu your chair
and keep house for you."
The unsuspecting Gilbert rose with
alacrity. Virginia waited until he had
rounded the corner before she dropped
her remaining dollars, one by one, and
as gently as possible, into the tin box.
They made a horrible clatter," how
ever. The sleeping secretary opened
one eye, but seeing what Virginia waa
doing, closed It again.
Conscience money,'' thought the
secretary. "Took advantage of the en
try-books and wishes she hadn't Seen
em do It before, but never knew 'em
to repent"
Here," said the superintendent of
the fancy-work department, handing
Virginia a blue slip, as the girl, in a
far happier frame of mind, was emerg
ing frem the building, "I overlooked
one of your checks. It's for that pret
ty handkerchief you entered Monday
noon. There were nine, but yours was
the best."
Virginia pocketed the two-dollar
check almost gleefully, for she knew
that she was honerjly entitled to It.
As she handed It in at the office the
secretary rubbed his eyes and said.
By the way, Miss Virginia, the asso
ciation owes you about five dollars for
your services. Give ttem to her, GI1-.
bert"
On her way home Virginia passed
the store window containing the blue
waist It waa still there; she had
money enough to buy It, but the cov
eted waist had lost its charm. Youth's
Companion, .' , -
A Tricky Skipper.
Talking about rats," said a steve
dore on a Sixth street pier, "reminds
me of a pretty slick trick I witnessed
the other day on the part of a Down
East skipper who wished to rid the
shjp of a number of. troublesome ro
dents. His vessel waa moored near
to an English freighter and he noticed
that she was taking In a quantity of
cheese. So one evening he found ad
excuse for hauling out to ber and tak
ing his own packet alongside. . The
next step waa to procure a. plank,
smear it well with an ; adorlferous
preparation of red herrings and place
through an open port on board the
Englishman. 'The result was that dur
ing the night there waa a wholesale
immigration of rats from the Ameri
can ship's bold to the cheese-laden
teasel alongside," New York Press.
nakea' Eyea, '.--;
Snakes may almost be said to have
glass eyes, inasmuch as their eyes
never close. They are rUhout lids,
and each is covered with a transpar
ent scale, much, resembling, glass.
When the reptile casts Its outer skin,
the eye scales come off with the rest
of the transparent envelope out of
which the snake slips. His glassy
eye scale. Is so tough that it effect
ually protects the true eye from the
twigs, sharp grass and oilier obstruc
tions which the snake encounters in
Its travels, yet it Is transparent
enough to allow the most perfect vi
sion. Thus, If the snake has not a
glass eye. It may, at any rate, be srid
to wear eye glasses.
Keep the Hens at Work.
The most Important point to be ob
terved when keeping fowls ; In con
Inement Is to keep them Industrious
ly at work. This U the golden rule
In managing fowls in large numbers,
tnd.is the key to success. , -. ';
Alternate the Flecks.'
An excellent Idea put in practice
by the farmer who has two flocks of
purity is to make one large yard. This
Is alternately given to each flock half
day at a time. The birds will then
fet sufficient exercise, while labor and
Fencing are economized. ' . . '
Selecting the Horse. -In
selecting a horso for hard drlv-
ng, or lor use under me saooie, 11
mould bo borne In mind that the
rreater the angle represented by the
position of the scapula, or ' shoulder
blade, giving obliquity to the shoul
ders, the less Is the concussion put
upon the shoulder under violent exer
tlon, because the less upright the
shoulder Is, and the less the force is
applied directly In the line of bone
and muscles, the less spring and elaa
Mcity there are in that direction.
'Erysipelas in Horse:.
An outbreak of this disease occurred
among a troop of cavalry horses not
long ago and spread with considerable
rapidity. The symptoms are fever,
reddening of the mucous membranes,
discharges from the eyes, swelling of
the eyelids, swelling of the legs and
In the skin and other parts of the
body. ' The disease attacks young
horses more frequently. Success "was
had In treating the disease by proper
attention to diet and by rubbing, af
fected parts with spirits of camphor
md antiseptic solutions. -
How to 8sve Manui..
When going Into a stable, particu
larly a horse stable, one cannot help
but notice the odor produced by es
caping ammonia which contains more
than four-fifths Its weight of nitrogen,
This nitrogen would cost the farmer
upwards of 20 cents a pound,.so it Is
certainly worth saving. It may be
saved If fermentation Is checked, and
this Is done by sprinkling land plas
ter, acid phosphate or kalnlt In the
gutters. The materials may be used
freely without doing damage. A half
pound of plaster dally per animal
sprinkled in the gutters will do much
towards purifying the air and better-
'ng the manure.
Horse Talk.
Good horsemen are always careful
about their stables.
They should be well ventilated,
light and clean.
The floors should be kept even.
When planks are worn uneven by the
shoes, they should be replaced.
Carelessness In this may cause un
soundness In feet and legs.
Look over the stable carefully be
fore winter, remedy any defects and
make It .more comfortable, and In
that way economize on feed during
the coming winter.
There is nothing better to put a
thin horse In condition than sweet ap
ples. Feed the apples with the grain.
I know a dealer who buys sweet ap
ples by the inad for his horses, and
feeds all he buys. Give about four
quarts at each feeding with the grain.
If a horse refuses his food, he is
over-tired, has too little exercise. Is
sick, or the feed Is not right Ascer
tain the cause and remedy It at once.
Mistakes In watering cause poor
condition in many horses.
Water should be given first then
hay and grain. .
It this practice Is followed, horses
will drink before eating grain.
Water should not be given for at
least two hours after eating grain.
When this method is- followed, un
digested food Is not washed from the
stomach Into the Intestines, often
causing colic Farm Journal.
Propagating Plants,
Cuttings are portions of shoots, eith
er of ligneous or herbaceous plants.
They are made of the young shoots
with the leaves on, or of ripened wood,
either with or without the loaves.
They may be longer or shorter, but
should have at least two or three
"eyes" or buds, and more will be bet
ter. After they have, either in the
herbaceous state with the leaves on,
or with the wood matured with or
without leaves, been properly : pre
pared And planted, they form on the
ends "callouses," or "heal over," and
from this callous, the. new roots are
sent out, making the perfect plant
. Cuttings set early in August should
make growth In the fall, if placed on
the north side of a fence or building,
though it would be better it the cut
tings were placed In pots and the pots
plunged in a slight heap of fresh
horse manure, about 11 Inches deep,
which will give a low heat for four to
six inches. In making the cutting, cut
the lower end somewhat close below
the lower bud. leaving the upper bad
Just above or at the surface, when
planted, setting the cuttings close to
the side ot the pot In -sand, or In
sandy soil. - :', ".'
The ground should be kept moist
but not wet1 as too much moisture
will tend to rot the cutting.
Cuttings taken as late as September
or October of the sew soft growth of
many annuals and perennials make
fine window plants, with satisfactory
bloom about Christmas, or later,
though your winter bloomers should
have been "slipped and rooted in
May or June, In order to have the
most satisfactory blooming period.
Like every other good thing. In plant
culture there Is "no reward Without
labor."' As soon as your plants are
rooted, pot them In a rather Small
pot; do not shake the soil or sand
from the roots, and to avoid this,
thoroughly .moisten the soil before
lifting. After setting, press the- earth
well down about the roots a id put ile
pots In a cnnl, tight plnre for a fev
days, afier which, sofcU'em out In the
gartlsn In a cool p!aco -Iiro tlu-y will
get the morning sunshine; see that
they do. not' dry out for lack of rain,
and leave them to themselves. If
buds appear, pick them off. Do this
mercilessly, If : you . want - winter
bloomers. "'.,,
" Poultry Suggestion,
, Keep, grit constantly before the
flock, but never mix it with the soft
feed. t
- No closely Inbred flock will prove
profitable. Close Inbreeding must be
avoided. ... .
; Do not excite the hens. An excited
hen will not lay as well as one that Is
not excited, - -
Do not -feed damaged food. There
Is no economy in feeding anything
but the best.. ..
Stop feeding the lasy hens. ' Weed
them out. Feeding drones Is poor
business management -
Fresh wood ashes make a good dust
hath, and none need bo told that the
dust bath Is a necessity. , .
Old hens eat as much food as pul
lets, and require the same care, but
do not lay as many eggs.
Experiments have shown that one
pound . of oyster ' shells contains
enough lime for seven dozen eggs.
; Breed only from hens that have nev
er been slek. Do not run the risk of
having some weakness transmitted.
Feed milk freely if you have It. It
Is a grand food for poultry. Milk is
excellent for mixing the mash.
Most fowls will eat cut onions read
ily, arid it Is a fine remedy for a cold.
Feed it just before the bird goes ta
roost.
Do not expect the best results un
less you Introduce fresh blood. Too
close Inbreeding has ruined many
flocks.
Somo cross the Mlnorcas and Lang
shans, and claim that they get large
iilrds and good layers of unsurpassed
excellence,
It the vegetable peoltngs and table
scraps are given to the fowls, they
will be as wisely and profitably dis
posed of as they can be.
. Keep a record of the results of your
methods and at the end ot the year,
you will be able to tell If you should
Improve upon the methods.
On our experiment farm one of the
geese, began laying the first of Nov
ember, and after laying a number ot
eggs, suddenly ceased laying.
The poultry-breeding business is
largely made up of small details, and
It a detail Is neglected because It Is
small we are undermining the whole
business.
It Is no trouble to And a market for
fresh winter eggs. Almost any family
will buy them, If the eggs are taken
to its house, and will be glad to get
them at a good price.
"One egg a week will pay the hen's
board," says an exchange. Supposing
that to mean 52 eggs a year, the cor
rectness ot the statement will de
pend altogether upon conditions.
We should as soon think of trying
to run an engine without steam as to
manage a hen without feeding her
fresh ground bone, if we could get
the bone. It Is an egg producer.
Wheat Is the best grain for egg pro
duction. Barley is a good egg pro
ducer, but it should be cooked.
Ground green bone la lndispenslble
for the hen, if she Is expected to do
her best
Queer Features of Malaria
Free drinking of water will favor
malarial infection. The old belief of
the danger of eating watermelons has
Its truth nicely hidden, and the con
verse Is also true.
Again ami aKtn I see harvest hands
sleeping out, bitten by swarms ot
mosquitoes nightly, escaping all
symptoms until they atop work and
sweating, and then In less than a week
they will come to me with a history
of a chill. Now, after treating a few
families, you will notice that the chil
dren and young adults have It but
the grandparents, old and dried up,
usually escape. If you find an old, lit
tle withered man or woman they are
free, This may be from their lack
ot Juices or from acquired Immunity.
In many cases ot old residents I am
sure It is the latter, but even In new
comers the thin, dry grandparents es
cape. Malaria Is practically a disease
ot childhood. So universal Is it that
few children escape, and their watery
structure favors Infection, until by
years ot suffering they win immunity.
Perhaps you have seen a mau who
has gone untreated for a long time and
worn out the disease. He is weak,
bloodless and yellow, but he Is as dry
as It he had been baked., Every pos
sible drop of water baa been excreted
and he gets well. Medical Record,
.... , A Trolley Milk Routs-.
; Following out an idea that has been
successfully tried in L some western
states, a New Jersey traction company
is going to open up a trolley milk
route. The Electrical World reports
that the State Line Traction company
has arranged to Construct connecting
lines In Passaic, Sussex and Warren
counties so as to give a complete
system from New York City to Sut
fern, N. Y. The line Is to be used al
most exclusively for the transporta
tion of milk from the New Jersey
counties named and from Orange and
Rockland counties, N. Y. Any one
who knows about the large milk
trains that ccme Into Jersey Vity,
Hoboken and Weehawken dally will
be able to appreciate the large field
the new trolley Una will attempt to
cover. 1 ' " (
Biggest Carving Knife.,
the blggext carving knife ever man
ufaetured may be seen at the World's
Fair. ' This, monster blade is 30 feet
in length, and has' an edge as sharp
as a razor. It Is mano out of the finest
sloel, and the handle Is a masterpiece
of the cutter's art, elaborately carvel
and beautifully polished. It would
take a veritable giant to wield a knifo
like this.
Trailing drenses are banned In
Prfii?ne, Bohemia, because It is be
lieved they spread (llseane. The
pollro of that city ro rcouiie,! Iji nr-
rest all women who wear n n in tin-streets.
A SEBMON FOR SUNDAY
KH ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
"FREED3M IN CHRIST."
tit rtT. Kilwunl Har.ttln Rndrt Shows
Raw Faith Unfultl' ll'uir lu' Muy
Vartnt ot Clirlillan Bxperlen Kb-
twittroeo, Orotrlb anil Service.'
"BnooKtYM, N. Y.- The Rev. Edward
lluntting Hudd, pastor of the. First Con
gregational Church, Dsdlmrn, Mass.,
C reached Sunday morning in the Tomp
ini Avenue Congregational Church to a
large audience. " His subject wae "Free
dom in Christ," and the text was from
John ii.: 18 and 14: "But as many ae
received Bim to them gave He the right
to become children of God, even to them
that believe on Hit name, who were horn
not of blood nor of the will of the ricsh
nor of the will of man, but of God." Mr,
Rudd said:
Can I do at I please? Or must I will to
do as another pleases? Am I a free agent
or are limitation placed upon me? It lib
erty unrestrained freedom, or am I the
more truly free when my actions and
word are controlled by divine laws, im
posed willingly upon man by his own en
lightened self? .
To answer these questions intelligently,
clearly and helpfully takes us at once into
that held of Christian sociology and of the
interrelation of man with man and of man
with his God which so engages the atten
tion of men everywhere to-day. The place
and duty of the church is very clear. It
is to show men in the spirit of candor, of
sympathy, of open minded ness, of toler
ance, that the, word of God gives us great
elemental teachings; by a master thinker
and reaaoncr, who was divine and who
claims the right to influence men. The so
called great problems of labor and capital
will find a permanent solution only by
the arbitrament of the Man of Galilee.
But it is your duty and mine to remind
ourselves and others that according as we
square ourselves with the requirements of
God in Christ shall the problems of life
be met and be grappled and worth while
results be achieved.
We are here to-day to ask entrance into
the light. We are bere to know more
truth, so that truth may make H free.
We long to,. know how to be happily and
contentedly free. To have our freedom
so used that everywhere men shall recog
nize it as the article they wish, and, pos
sessing it with ns, ne shall together make
men strong. Bearing one another's bur
dens we shall surely fulfill in part the law
of Christ. The gospel of St. John, sim-
fde yet profound, snows us how to gain
rceaora in Christ. It reminds us what is
o necessary to recall in this easy going,
non-thinking age, vis., that in no real and
permanent sense are men children of tiod
until Christ has made them such by vital
union with Him. That we have no right
to call ourselves children until God Him
self transfers that-right to us by an act of
will and obedience on our part, so recog
nised by Christ, who has in the very pro
cess of our obedience done His part. To
claim the friendship of another is not to
possess it. To say of Christ and our rela
tions to -Him, as we say of some well
known people, "Oh, yes. I know Him well;
He is a warm personal friend," when in
reality little more than a-formal introduc
tion nns been given, is in essence to know
only about Him, ond that in a formal
sense, instead of being divinely commis
sioned bv the living holy spirit of tlod
to be a ''child of Clod" and an heir with
Christ to eternal life. Manifestly, then,
this is an important matter to us all
even to the careless, thoughtless ones who
make up a part of every audience. Have
We any right to call ourselves "children
of God?" And if we have, what has ftod,
by His regenerating spirit, done jii us?
It nns our New England poeT Lowell,
who saM:
The thing we long for that we are
For one transcendent moment.
But even the poet fails to be tme lo
fact unless we hare such a definite, genu
ine faith in (tod's power and willingness
to yire u Himself and to make us sons
and dauzhtera of the living God. that we
receive Hira and by that act avail of Him
as our Raviour not only for one transcend
ent moment, but-for all the momenta for
the rest of time, and in that act we are
born of God, and by that act we are
given the right to become aye, to be be
gotten as children of God.
Almost immediately in this sublime,
scholarly and heart nearchinir irosnel ot
John, that great disciple, speaking the
nuruB ui Mri8b mniveu, ucgina uv umu
ing mankind into the same two divisions
which are represented in this audience,
and in every audience, vis., those who
have received Him and those who, though
they were His own by creation, received
Him not, by a receneratinz faith. And 1
want just now, if possible, to avoid ab
struse, moss covered theological terms and
pnraseology, and to clothe these burning
issues in simple, clear Bible language, but
none, the less to remind ourselves that
many of ns are longing to get out into the
open sky, in some of tha old fashioned,
necessary doctrines of the word of God.
We have gotten some of the choicest and
most essential itstements of divine truth
beclouded, and we are not quite sure
where we are. MaV God's snirit enlight
en and allay doubt and uncertainty on
these truths this Qv. i d allien us all
in the comforting tti-cngth of His own
sonship. And I frankly believe, my broth
er man, we cannot be satisfied in this sub
lime hour by turning to the poets, much as
they will uplift and rest us. liven tuougn
you turn to Emerson, who has been so ex
alted and almost deified by some in New
England Unitarianisin and ask him about
mau, and in one place he will tell you:
"A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.
The creation of a thousand forests is in
one, acorn, and Egypt, Greece, Rome,
Gaul, Britain, America,-lie folded already
in the first man." Yes, potentiality lies
enfolded, but naught else can being it to
surface and to living power save the touch
of Christ the Redeemer of Manhood. Nor
does the statement of Carlyle satisfy me,
for you recall in his essay on "character
istic," he says: "Man stands in the cen
tre of nature: his fraction of time encir
cled by eternity, his handbreadth of space
encircled by infinitude." I say this can
not satwtv you, lor you long to Know now
you can best live and expand, while you
are in this "centre of nature, and where
and how you are to spend eternity. And
you turn to that beautifully human and
real poet, Robert Burns, and remember
with nim "That man's a man for a' that,"
and hers you feel that you may be argu
ing in a circle anq u Burns naa o:y
known more of the Man of Calvary, he
would have been saved manv of the sins
which be'ghted his whole life. Or you
may stand with that dear bngush poe',
Gray, as from afar he beholds Eton Co!
lege end exclaims, "Ah, tell them they are
lowr'no1. more nearly voice your own soul's
wish, and you add. "An, tell them of the
Man, who became flesh and dwelt among
us, that Ho might redeem men for Him
self," It Is to this Incarnate word that
we most turn u we are to oe enugntenea
and satisfied. And few passages in God's
word speak out mora nope and immediate
blessing than the text; "As many as re
ceived Him, to them gave He the right
to become children of God."
But some one asks, what is the process
by which this is done? And I reply in
the continuing words of this same verse!
"Even to them that believe on His name,"
But what is it to believe on His name?
What is faith? And we reply with llu
ton: "Faith is the filial, trustful relation,
which the whole man, intellect, heart am!
will, sustains toward the Iiird. .Hw. ;
Christ." ? Christ said to His disciple
"Com y after Me, and I will make r-
Ushers of men." They obeyed. Heart.
Intellect and will accented and believed
Christ to have the right and the power
to communicate to them "sonsmp oi
God. Disciples of Him who walked among
them as their Redeemer. And wnen tney
had given Him that simple confidence and
proved it openly by obedience to His com
mand ot pumio coniesi.iou ui
glad and willing to be. known as His fol
lowers and co-workers', at that moment
were thev given the ritlit f.bc the chil
dren of God. Then wore tlicy horn not
of Wood, nor of the will of the fl"h, nor
of the will of Iran, hut ol lion. J ne pen-
sim-iiMS of their faith ami soiump is
nltfctc.'l m r,um:is v.avfl. 10 in-m
ii in I ,r!- wn ! iipfoi-tit l-r n-rvii
,, i y ii I n..t C. I 1 -
. , I . , i i 1 i i-
lowed'JIim. .tour child laves and rejoices
in you when he obevs you. Christ the
greet captain of righteousness is asking
men to follow Him. "If ye know these
things, happy ore ye if ye do them." This
means more than mero intellectuo? assent
to the doctrines and teachings of Christ,
for this niuy' remain only profession and
not pass into feeling and action.
Yon recall the searching words of Christ
sneoking to the intellectual failure of th
TharisecSj in Matthew jev: 8: "This peo
ple hftnoreth Me-with their lips, but their
heart is far from Me. But in vain they do
worship. Me, leaching for doctrine tht
commandments of men." And again,
when He was sneaking to this same aris
tocracy of the intellect end sticklers for
the strict letter of the law, He said: "And
why call ye me Lord! Lord! and do not
the 'things which I soy?" Manifestly,
then, Christ was eager that men should
give honest, hearty assent to His claims
of diseipleship. He then promised poten
tial freedom, personal liberty. But the
mere exercise of faith was not enough.
Christianity is something larger and finer
than even the genuine exercise of faith
in the person and work of Christ.
Faith unfolds itself in many forms of
Christian experience and activity, all of
which are embraced in "repentance,
growth and service." ' When St. Paul
wrote to that little band of men at Kphe
sue, who had esercied their faith in the
personal Christ, he hade them "grow up
in all things into Him, who is the hesd
even Christ." But lest there may- be some
among us this morning who, in thinking
this whole matter over, do not find it so
difficult to believe this Divine Son of
God, but who do not quite appreciate the
relation of a man to his sin, to his fail
ires, his deliberate acts of wrong and evil,
is it necessary to repent? And what is
rcpentence? "Excent ye repent." criod
John the Baptist. Manifestly it is neces
sary. And what is it? "It is a deep
change of the entire thinking, feeling and
willing man; and involve-! ns its elements
enlightenment, contrition and confession,
prayer for pardon and peace, counting the
cost and endeavor after new obedience."
Look at these for a moment. Enlighten
ment! This is the work of the Holy
Ghost. It was not until the prodigal son
came to himself that he started on that
wondrous pathway to lifelong blessing.
Enlightenment as to his own folly and
sin and consciousness that a father's love
awaited his return. My brother, if some
things are uncertain, pray for enlighten
ment and He who In the same chapter
proclaimed Himse'f to be the lijiht of
men wiil reveal the path to contrition
and. confession. "I have sinned against
heaven and in Thy sight" was a life giv
ing confession and prayer. It showed
that faith in the Father's love was sorry
and ashamed for its past insratitude. In
that heart erv for pardon waa the soul's
receiving Christ, r.nd because He received,
he had the ri-iht to be a son of God. Man
repented and God by His divine act re
generated. There arc others hero to-day who will
admit the truth of much that I say, but
in whom and about whom there are ob
stacles which you have not the courage
and the determined patience to overcome.
Some of these obstacles ore the power ot
sin in the son!, for, like St. Tanl of old,
you find a law that "when you do good
evil is present;" j false pride in one's
own personality and achievement, for
there are not a few of us. with "I thank
Thee that I am not ns other men are"
tendencies; the environment of worldly
interests and friendships, and the insin
cerity of many professing Christians. Ah,
how'many of us does this lotter include?
Nevertheless, not a few are enabled to
rise shove these obstacles snd become sons
of God.
Again I nsk the initial question of this
menage, can I do as I please? Or must
T An aa an.tl,Ur nla.f-.f And T lutiVA
honest stndv of the New Testament
will snow us mat tiip-n.y iujaLui - -
is comprehensive is tuoweaom ana nn
erty wliich God gives to our whole nature
when wo have accepted or received His
Son Jesus Christ to lie our Redeemer and
Master. May you this day. mv earnest,
seeking friends, find the Christ whose
sacrificial love, represented in this atoning
blood, and receiving Hiin by faith, be
called' children of God, and if children,
then heii'E, heirs ot God and joint heirs
with Christ, if so be Hint we suffer with
Him, that we may be a'.so glorified to
gether. Every M m n l'alnter.
"Paint me a picture," said a great mas
ter to lu. favorite pupil. "Paint me a
picture," soid the student. "I cannot
point a picture worthy of such a master."
"Hut do it for mv sake for my sake," was
the response. The student went to his
task, and after many months of labor he
returned to the master and said. "Come
and see." When the enrtain fell, the
greatest picture of the age was before
them, "The Last Supper," of Leonardo da
Viuei. -
"Paint Me a picture." says the Divine
Master to every Christian worker in this
community. Do not say that you cannot,
for Hinaid is promised you. "Paint Me a
picture of consecrated service; do it for
My 5-.U." And in the coming time, when
we walk the eorridora of the immortal,
perchance we shall see on its jasper walls
our pictures of consecrated efforts, which
shall be to the honor of that name which
is forever best, because it shall have been
"for His sake."
Salt Lake's Water. ,
"When once you understand the art
or bathing In the great salt lake of
Utah It is the finest diversion on
earth, but It Is apt to result unpleas
antly to tho man who does not heed
the advice of the experienced," said
Mr. J. J. Lyle ot Chicago at the Rlggs
house.
"At any other bathing resort in the
world the swimmer can play In the
waves, dive and disport himselt as
be pleases, but not so in this wonder
ful sheet ot water in the west, and
all on account of Its extraordinary
saline qualities. So heavily ta-lt
charged with brine that unless the
bather protects his eyes, nose and
ears from liquid contact he will re
ceive such stinging punishment as will
make him bitterly regret having enter
ed the water. To get even a little ot
It in the mouth is cause for grief. But
when ha knows enough" to protect
himself In sensitive places he will ad
mit that nowhere In the world is the
bathing so fine or so stimulating In
its effoots,"--WasliIngtan foM.;;,riS
Ground that Burns, . -In
the great wheat fields of Callfot
nla a boy, whose part In the process
does not ot first appear to the outsid
er, skirmishes along near the reaper
U"a a wet sack, pounding madly
here and there. He Is the Are tender.
Cnce set oft this grain, baked as It la
by a rainless summer, and It would
burn like a flash. Hundreds of thou
sands of dollars have rone up in an
hour on these delta lands. For here,
even the 'ground burns. The soil Is
made ot matted tule-rcads, laid down
In successive rotting strata by tha riv
er. When onrt uncovered and dried
In the sun,. It smouldors with a slow
persistence, like a sawdust Are, The
harvesters work above a potential vol
cano. Everybody's Magazlte. ; ,
I.0YAU ".-
"Doesn't MIbb Gradwate look odd
with her checks painted red and the
rest ot hor face so white?"
."Yes." '"
"Don't you suppose Bho know that
pr-nplo riotloo 11?" . .
"Of courso sho do--. T'i se are hrr
(i. !S.-iro colnii." Cluvc-land Vlc'-t
r-.u-r. -
A MEMORY OF OLD
LETTERS. V
Three letters: yellowed with Hit years
I wrote so long eso. , T
And ah, what hot and bitter tears . - ,v
They've cost, no one niuv know.. v : .
Three letters that 1 penned lu youtji, .
What happiness they ve lost
To me! And all these years, forsooUv
What suffering, they cost I .
Three letters; I was bnt a lad - ,
The time I wrote the three, '
And what deep sorrows .1 have had , :
Upoa their memory . . . -
Then L a passionate and bold I
Ah, would my senseless neo
Boine guiding sense had hidden bold A
Us eagerness Just then t -
Three letters; all. these years tbey'f
, . burued . 'p.f,'
In my sad memory. B v
My prayers that they might be returaef
Fell unavalllngly,
Through all these bitter, bitter years . .
The years sinee we Inst met. . .
And now, though fall' the st aiding tears
I know I've paid the debt.
Three letters: ah, well 1 recall
The day I wrote the three, -The
plaee, the time, the reason all
Are seared In memory.
Ere I consign them to the flame
I may admit ss true :
I wrote them In a poker game, .
Their names were 1. O. U.
J. IF. r ellf.
JUST FOR FUN
Manager What do you want to be a
star for? Actress Well, I've failed at
everything else. Brooklyn Life.
"Your daughter, sir, has asked for
my hand." "Well, young man, do you
think you come within her allowance?"
Life.
Stranger When will the next train
be aiqpg? Native It ain't a-comin"
along. It's Just went past." Chicago
Record-Herald.
"What irritates a man moro than to
see a woman get off the car back
ward?" "Give It up." "Nothing.",
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bill Don't you think this, tipping
business la all wrong? Jill Well, if
you refer to the tips 'a fellow gets on
the races, I think they always are.
Yonkers Statesman.
Freddie What's the difference be
tween a politician and a statesman, 1
dad? Cobwlgger Well, when they
run against each other the politician
gets elected. Judge.
He I understand that Mrs. Wiggins
rejected Mr. Wiggins thirteen times be
fore she accepted him. She Yes. She
evidently thought It best to shake well
before taking. Judge.
"It's a mistake to marry too young,"
remarked the Wise Guy. "Well, at any
laie, ng uiiatatvc uim lou k unci! iv-
peated," murmured the Simple Mug.
Philadelphia Record.
"Most divorces are caused by a very
common mistake." "What Is it?"
"Many a man In love only Witt) a
i - rnipre or a corn manes tne m:siaKei
marrying the whole girl." Life. ,
Tess "May Is considerably older -
than Bess." Jess "Yes, May practi
cally admitted It to me the other day."
Tess You don't say? Jess Yes; she
said, 'Bess Is Just about my age. .
Philadelphia Press. ' '
"That fellow In the back ball room .
is behind in his rent," said Mrs. Has
hem, "and they say hs won't work."
"Oh, well," said the boarder who gives
occasional advice, . wouldn't worry
about an Idle rumor." Cleveland Lead
er. '
"What do you think the outcome of
this agitation against trusts will be?" ;
"I can't say," answered Mr. Dustln .
Stax, "excepting that I am entirely ,
confident that the outcome Is not going
to affect the Income." Washington
Star. t ...
'The man advertised that for 8ft
cents he would forward a litUe device
that would enable housekeepers to
save at least half their coal bills. Bo I
sent the 50 centa." "And did you get
it?" "Yes, it was a bll file." Phila
delphia Press. ' "
The Mother Now, be caVoful, my
son, and don't work too hard at col
lege, or you may injure your health.
The Son Don't worry, mother.4 Under
the new football rules there isn't halt
so much work required as formerly.
Chicago Dally News. -
Instructor (at night school) What
are the chief curses of American civil
ization? Shaggy-Haired Pupil pout
the same as the English only we use
'em more freely in bur common talk
than they da You don't expect mi
to blurt 'em out, do you? Cnlca
Tribune.
: Uncle George I have read your
tide over, and I must say It show
great deal of originality. Arthu
Thanks, I'm sure! I flattered mys!,
there were some Ideas In It , Uncle
George I was' not speaking of the
composition, but of the spelling. Bos
ton Transcript ,- T'r; -I
.'"I'm so glad the boys of your com
pany gave you that handsome revol
ver," said the militia captain's ,wlfe.
."We need have no fear now of the
ot the burglars infesting this neigh
borhood." "That'a what!" replied the
gallant captain! "I've got tt lockbd up
in the office safe where they can't get
at It" Philadelphia Ledger.
' ; Pictureaque Padua.
Padua, in spite ot Its flat surround
ings, Is one of the most, plcturepque
cities of tipper Italy: and the seeker
after gardens will find many charming
bits along the" narrow canals, or by
the sluggish river skirting the city
walls. Indeed, one might almost in
clude In a study of gardnns the beauti
ful Prato della Valle, the public square
before the Church of Sant' Anionic-,
with Its encircling canal crossed by
marble bridges, Its range ot baroqua
statues of "worthies," and its central
expanse of turt and trees. ; There l
no other example in Italy of a sduni c
laid out In this park-Xko way, and tho
Prato della Valle would form an a 1 :
mlrable model for the treattppnt m
open 8pr"es In a modern city. Knun
Edith Wharton's "IUillan Villas a 1
Their Gardens" In the Century.
Happy at Last,
"Bnddklns said thnt. after
was glad to die."
"What made him fsvl I'uit -
"V. I'll, )" V.T p:ivj-ir fill- .
I!-1!-- -i by the it-' ''! m-'iit ; '
ii -i - .no M a w- '
all,