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VOLUME XX. o, o. L 6c stolen Will. By Arthur o. 00. 00, O0 It was about three o'clock In the afternoon of a One day In February, 1883, when I was walking briskly along a country road of southwestern Ohio. Now and again, as I reached the ibrow of a hill I saw the Ohio river, which had flooded its banks, for we had heavy rains of late. They, to gether with the melted snow, had made the gentle river a wild and dangerous stream. I would gladly have lingered to watch the rushing current, carrying .timber, parts of wrecked houses, and many other Indications of Its destruc tive power; but I had come to the .Buckeye state for another purpose, and was anxious to reach my destination ;an hour or two before dark. I intended "to visit a friend, Fred Andersen, whoso acquaintance I had made In the East. He was a fine specimen of western youth, and very ;oon we felt drawn to each other, mu tual confidence cementing our friend ship, i He' often told me of the old homestead on the Ohio, his mother, long dead, and the queer notions of his rather. Old Mr. Andersen once bal lost a law-suit through the trick pry of an attorney, and since that time rMdemned all lawyers. ,Fred had an elder brother, Henry, a Tseapegrace, who had grieved his father a great deal. Once, when the father's patience gave out, he handed Henry . several thousand dollars, and told him inever again to show his face In the (old home.- The son took the money, roamed through the world, and came Iback penniless but proud, even boast ing of the wild life he had led and 'the sinful way In which he had wasted his money. Then the father bought him a small farm, not far from the homestead, and gave him to under stand that he would be disinherited, having received his share. The son's eyes shone with an evil light, when, thus informedbut he dared not rebuke his stern father. WNowJ however, there was a different Lf affairs. A few weeks bko lid sent me a letter, st.iting that bed very much to have me come him. know," be wrote, "your nres- Jelps me. If I ever needed a It is now; so come on and mo ill my troubles." Is a busy o 00 o. B. Rhinow, O0 O0 O0 O0 my mind to Bee him tomorrow. You will, of course, go with me. And whilo we are waiting for your luncheon, you might as well read the letter." He handed me an old letter, and I read it carefully, Of course it was but a fatherly communication and nothing like a legal document, but it certainly could be used to advantage In a suit. I was just about to comment on it, when the servant announced that the meal was' ready. Immediately Fred arose, and, throwing the letter careless ly on the desk, said, "Come, now; you must be hungry after that walk." While maturing our plans during the meal, I thought 1 heard a nolBe In tho library, the room in which the desk stood. I remarked ' It, but Fred's mind was to occupied with the lost will that he had not heard It. "Guess the servant is In there straightening things up a bit," he said. "We don't get much company around here, and wheu any one comes it makes him nervous." After I had satisfied my hunger Fred asked me if I would like to look about tthe homestead. I told him I was a little tired, and would rather sit and chat in the library. He assented and led the way. He' must have been thinking of his letter sas he entered, for he walked right up to the desk. Than I heard him utter a cry. I looked and mm. his hand nervously fumbling through the papers. "Anything missing?" I asked. VYes, the letter." "May be the servant mislaid It while he was dusting." The servant, an old darkey and former slave, was called. Ho denied having touched the papers. "Did you see anybody in this room, after we left It?" Fred asked. "No, massa." "Well, did you see anybody about the house?" "No stranger, massa. J eg' Massa Henry wid his gun out a-hirhUn'." "My brother?" Fred quickly asked. "Wa he near the. house?" "Yea, Massa Henry was a-chasln' a rabbit. He Jes' done Bhow me de rab bit runnln' down de hill. H" say he no mo' shoot today. Massa Henry mighty good to me; give me a big HE FR ANKLIN -PRESS stranger could not see our faces. We had the advantage in that respect, for the entrance to the Baloon was bright ly illumined. After Fred came back we had not to wait, very long. The stranger came out of the saloon, rubbed his mus tache with his handKerchief, cleaned his glasses, and slowly walked up the street. We followed him. As we passed along we heard people talk of flooded cellars, and the warning In the papers. Fred paid little attention to those remarks, but to me the ex pressions of anxiety were very inter esting. . . . After a walk of about half an hour, the tnan halted at a corner, held his watch up to the street lamp, and then leaned against a post, evidently ex pecting somebody, His patience was not put to too severe a test. Soon an other man arrived, and Immediately the two proceeded up the street. As the second man came up, my friend pressed my arm, and I nodded my head. In the light of the lamp we both recognized Henry Andersen. We had to be very careful, now, for we had reached a part of the town whose streets were more deserted than the business district. The two men ahead of us seemed to feel perfectly safe, however, for they walked on uncon cernedly. We were near the famous "bottoms" of the city, when Henry Andersen and the stranger stopped at an old two story frame house, 'lhe stranger fumbled In his pocket, drew forth a key, opened a door, and both entered. We took a position on the other side of the street and intently watched for a light. ' A man camo out of the house In the shadow of which we were waiting, and I accosted him, asking, "Do you know, sir, who lives In that frame house?" "Some crazy Dutchman," he repljel. "Seems to be a star in a class of his own, Nobody knows what he's doing, and I certainly don't care." With that he left us. The light for which we watched seemed about to fail us, and Fred was beginning to show signs of disappoint- ment . ' "Have patience, Fred," I exhorted. "I don't think we shall be disappoint, od there it is now!" . . AMIttle light shone through the cel lar windows, as though some one were going into the collar with a candle. But we had only a second to watch the little light Suddenly there came a blinding flash of Are, and almost at the same moment a 'deafening roar, as though a mammoth cannon had beon sliot. We were thrown to the ground. When we rose and looked over to the .frame house, we saw a mass of -eJbanelghbora came FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, JAPANESE JVAK OUTFIT. TR00P8 WELL v PROTECTED AGAIN8T C0LDE8T WEATHER. Ail Clothing Made of the Beat Ma. terial Great Coat of Thick Wool en Goods and Hooded Many De tails of How the Health of 8oldlera Is Preserved. Miss McCaul, who was recently com missioned by Her Majesty to go to Jap an to inquire nto the working of the Japanese Red Cross society, hns brought back with her the complete outfit of a soldier of the Japanese Im perial Guard, which waa presented to her by Oen. Toranchl, the minister of war, together with samples of the food supplied to the soldier on active ser vice. These various articles, which have been Inspected by the king, who has expressed great Interest in the many ingenious devices they present, will shortly be exhibited at the Royal United Service Institution, Whitehall. They are worthy, says the British Med ical Journal, which publishes special photographs, of the most careful study by all military officers and afford a striking example of the care and strong common sense with which the health and comfort of the soldier are considered by those responsible for hia outfit and the minute attention to de tail which is characteristic of the Jap anese army, One notable feature of all the cloth ing la that It Is apparently made of the best material. The material for the winter clothing appears to be alt wool, and warm. In the neat blue parade uniform, jacket or tunic, plain flat brass buttons are done away with as far as possible,' fastenings being in nearly all Instances carried out by means of flat hooks and eyes. The Rummer jacket and trousers are of khaki drill; ,the jacket is perfectly plain, and there are no buttons on any of the garments. A atrip of white lin en Is Issued to wind round the neck as a collar inside the tunic, The forage cap which goes with this uniform is a marvel of lightness. It has detachable linen cover to be used in summer, from which hangs a linen screen to protect the neck. This screen being made In three parts a centre and two sides allows the air to pass freely,, For all uniforms the trousers are made like riding breeches. In that they end above tho ankle, where they are made to fit tight to the limb, being fastened by tape instead of buttons. Putties or gaiters must, of course, be worn with these. The ordinary great coat 1b of thick woollen cloth with one tmttone, It has a hood which can head. A compara- cut of this, as it, shows brt, and LONG FLIGHT OF 0EAGULL8. They Follow Army Transports Across r V th Pacific and Back. We are pround of our great ocean liners and the speed that they make, a speed which has made foreign coun tries ridiculously near and has brought the nations close together. To the peo ple of a hundred years ago the story that a vessel could cross the broad Pa cific within a month' would ecem like the sheerest fancy of a romancer. Yet, at that time, seagulls existed as they do at the present day and they made their long trips without provoking any espect.il comment. Today it Is looked upon asnothlng very marvellous that birds are able to fly from America to Asia and back again. But, if we pause to consider it, the feat hi really some thing after all. ' These birds are especially fond of the United States army transports,' for these ships carry many men, who, de nied tho taste for books, which ren ders an ocean journey less tedious, and having limited facilities for deck sport, take to feeding the gulls as a pastime. When one of the big vessels leave the Golden Gate and passes the Faral. lone Islands a hundred or more brown bodies with long sweeping wings leave their resting place and take up the Light In the wako of the transport Then some soldier who has made the trip before savs: "Hero come the sea gulls. We'd better feed them it we want a quick ptuuage this trip," and many soldiers Invade the steward's premises and gather up tho waste bread and victuals. The birds seem to know when thoy are to be fed, lor they come flying in ever narrowing circles until they are within a short distance of tho ship. Then the food begins to fall on the waters, and tho brown-winged forms swoop eagerly down upon the waves and seize what has been thrown forth, This Is continued until the food Is ex hausted, and then the soldiers go bo low, leaving the gulls to' get away with their food as they fly. They never seem to rest, these queer birds. Day after day they foHow the ship, cleaving the air with swift wings, fly ing easily and without apparent effort. Indeed, it seems a sthough they were not made to rest. On the last trip of the transport Logan' one of tho gulls had its wing muscles injured in some way and dropped fluttering upon the deck, Its wide, goose-like bill open, and strange squawks coming from Its throat ( A soldier spied it and took it to its bunk, where he fed It dally until It became strong again, Then he allowed XtAo fly away. Bat the bird had not for gotten its benefactor. ; Every day It would light on the deck and allow none save-thls particular man to feed H." It followed the boat to Honolulu, to Guam, an finally to Manila. Where It rested durlif ..l ieeks the Lo- 1905. THE PULP1T. KH ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY CHAPLAIN CLARK, OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY. Subject i The Vnloo1(t-for Increment Baltimore, Md.-The following bril liant sci uion was contributed to the Sunday Sun by the Kev. II. II. Clark, D. D chaplain of the Dulled States Knrnl Academy, tit .Annapolis. It is .nitltleu "The TJnlooked-Kor Incre ment," and was preached from the text: "Behold, I have done according t" Thy words; Lo! I linvn given thee n wlso and understanding heart. Ami I linve also given thee that which thmi hast not nskcd."-II Kings. 111., 12-13. Solomon's request is a surprise. Left to the pronipllu.es of ambition It is not characteristic of men to ask for simple gifts or few. The natural re quest would have been for the things the King did not nsk long life, riches, honor, victory over enemies. Instead the request wns simple and unselllsh. U was made with a most becoming humility. It was for a wise and under standing heart. This would he enough. Then came the Jehovah's answer: "I have glveu thee a wise and undoi-stain'-ing heart. And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked." This was increment, Increase, Hint Solomon bad not counted on. How much Is involved In do Iris the right tiling at the outset! ' Somehow first things take hold on last thins. The energy of the first Mock the child pushes over In the row is not expended till the last block Is down. 'Hie fust branches you bend ami tie Into shape make way for die beauty and sym metry of the full grown tree. The shipbuilder chn tell from the keel tluit Is laid the sort of ship that is going to be built. From the dimensions at growing columns the nrchltect can quickly estimate tho weight of arches or dome. So God fees in Mime simple, honest prnyer we niny offer the be ginning of all we may ever achieve of knowledge, goodness, service; sees In It nil our life shall ever mean to our selves and other fellow-men. Wonder ful are the connections be .wen first things and Inst! It is, too, nn immeasurable satisfac tion that when we have Jone the riuht act, snld the right word, offered the right prnyer, put ourselves In the right attitude In anything our responsibility censes. Then the way of Divine Provi dence 1 opened In our lives, Solomon tnade just the right prayer; then God gave him what he bad not asked. How this simplifies life! We tiava only 'to do the right thing at the right time; the rest takes enc of Itself. In ordinary circumstances we all know well enough what the fight thins is. In the Old Testament a well-known character said: "I, helng In the way. the Lord led me." The1 secret of It was that Elieser' started on the rlgU road;, then tho Lord led him to the well. The happy outcome we all know. When our prayer Its: ."Make me true to thla work, this demand, this occa sion, this duly," using the light we get, BSi give ourselves no further: tro vsttlts are not In our hands. : - ''Ifj nil beenn their careers tntlon. One of the thliwn Pnlnmnn did not ask was honor. It was enomrli for him to be wise and Just. Wisdom and Insllee were the highest sources of Ills honor. For wisdom and Justice he Is reputed above all else. - If day by day we strive for lhe Inward things from which reputation takes substance and shapeliness, we need give ourselves no further thought nliont the matter. What uipn think of lis will take care of itself. Growing phinls do not give themselves concern over summer; they arc the gift of spring to snmine:-, Slid slimmer will take care of them. Ho, living as we ought, we commit our rep utation to God, whose presence nnd whose care are the real summer or an good things among men. If Solomon informed his courtiers of bis request to Heaven they probably told him that he had missed a great opportunity. They might easily have said: "Why did yon not ask for riches, for vastly extended power nnd do minion? How much better they would hnve been thnn wisdom? We could have furnished the wisdom." But the prayer was of the vlght sort. Jehovah was pleased with Its modesty; and the things that were not asked for were In due time given. The surprise of life often lies in the Insignificance of the means to some great end. Tenple in the navy know that the smallest thing connected with a great gun Is the most indispensable the firing pin. That gone, and the gun, so to say. p on the shelf. In the army one of the smallest duties of the cavalryman Is the car ing for his horse. There Is an instance In history where cavalry that did this duty well and cavalry that did It III, otherwise equally matched, fought a buttle, In which those who neglected their horses were cut dmvn almost tq a man. Doors to great events swing outward on little hinges. Art nnd reli gion and education and war abound with decisions and acts and lueldeiils, small In themselves as mustard seeds, yet so growthfnl that great events and great deeds have come and lodged In the branches thereof. Let us also treasure the words of the Master In direct line with the truth we have been considering: "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteous ness, nild all these things shall be added unto you." The Forjrty of Glirlit. Is a man poor! Let hltu remember Christ's knowledge of his poverty. It is no light thing to be poverty-stricken In the midst of wealth. To see loved ones denied comforts .ind even ne cessities merely tl.rough luck of n few pieces of glittering metal : to have growing sons and daughters deprived of nn education; to see suffering ones unrelieved; to have no opportunities to increase oue's usefulness; to expose one's family to moral degradation be cause of lack of n competence these are but a few of the evils of poverty. To men In sueh-circumstaiices, Christ said, "I know thy poverty." Who bet ter could understand? Had He not as nn eldest son seen' something of sordid economies in that- carpenter's home at Nasnreth? Had He not as a widow's main support suffered in the harsh limitations of a Galilean peas ant's lot? Had Ho not at times been deprived of n place to toy His head? It was for your sako He became poor. UMBER 8 TO A PERIPATETIC MINSTREL. ; Italian. swart and freely oleaginous, That through the hours anterior to the ; morn ' h , Dost banian sleep and wake unholy rage In , T US - By playing "Christian Soldiers" on the horn. O more than skilled to lacerate the tym- nam ':."! i And take the luckless sleeper by the .,,,. throat, " Thlno rar compelling onslaught leaves am ::, limn on' I Writhe In an anguish like a dying stoat. There Is a something balefully Inaldlons l'ent In thy weapon's peuetratlug blare I , . . , Its breathings are the most profoundly bid- eoua That ever cleft the uncomplaining air. v ' I'erliaps the charm that soothes the artless savage's Iutractllp breast la wanting from thy :;. ., ": strain; ; . I'erlinps thine Instrument's peculiar rav- v ages Are prompted by a love of causing pain. : Perhaps a burning sense of man's ingrati tude Invigorates thy petrifying blast ; l'ei liapa this merely represent! the attitude uf one who plucks a aweet revenge at ' laat. ' t'nkn'own thy motive la; but I suspect It has - ' H lit li In a breast phenomenally hard, And olj. tho dire the desperate effect It ; 'i1 haa . . v I'pon the wakeful senses of the Bard. ZionrJon Pynch. UST FOR FUN- He Did you succeed In having your prize cat Insured? She Why, no; ' they wanted to charge me nine times the regular rate! Detroit Free Press. Singleton What was your notion ' for calling your baby "Bill?" Wedder i ly Because he arrived on the first ; of the month; that's the answer. Chicago Dally News. Grandma Little folks must be rea-' sonable. Elsies-Yes, .but, grandma, as ; sure as' you want something -tire"' grown folks want you to "want some-1; thing else. Brooklyn Life. ,' Employer Where Is that bit of pa- per with the combination of the safe 1 on It? I told you to put it away very carefully,, you know, and I can't very the safe without It. New Secretary I ' locked it In the safe, B.- Judge. "Is your husband's condition crltl- i' cal?" "No," answered the patient looking woman. "That's what makes. ' me think he mug", be stele. He doesn't find fault at alI."-7;Washlngton Star. " Tess Oh, yeSt l'm do Interested In football! I pave a cousin, 'you know, , who is on the "varslt? team. Jess Yes? What does he play? Well, I forget just now whether he's a touch down or a punt. Philadelphia Ledger. "Somebody tells Capitalist H. P. ' Whitney that he could hire ten good' college professora lor what his new locker costs him." --"r.'sJ -t "' ' college, prof 4 .aL- Pacific Baptist ' overwetrti' Know Hmnftsr." oved by Godj Hiui-nnm. ''""Vliall 1
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