PRESS,
VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 5, 1905.
NUMBER 14
FRANKLIN
CRIGQSBY'8
Tap's got hi patent right, and rich mil
L-rrauon;
But where'a the peace and comfort that
we all had before?
Let's go a-TlslUn' bat to Grlusby Si-
' ttOll
Back where we ust to be so happy and so
.. pore I .. . ,
fhe likes of us altvln' beret It's Jest a
a mortal pity
To see us In this reat bis house, with
carpets on the stairs,
And the pump right In the kitchen? And
the city ! city ! city
And nothing but the city all around us,
everywhere 1
CllmlTrlean aboT the root and look from
' the steeple.
And never see a robin, nor a beech or elm
tree I
And right here In earshot of at least a
thousand people
And none that neighbors with us or we
want to go and see!
let's go a-vlsltln,', back to Orlggsby's Sta
tion Back where the latchstrlng's hsngln' from
the door:
And every nelghnor 'round the place la dear
as a relation
Back where we ust to be so happy and so
pore I
t want to see the Wlgglnses, the whole kit
and bllln'
A-drlvln' up from Rholler Ford to stay the
Ktinday through ;
And I want to nee 'em hltchln' at their son-in-law's
and pllin'
Out there at Llsy Ellen's like they ust to
dot
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15hQ Mark of Cain.
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E By John Jordan Douglas.
Bent low beneath a burden of drift
wood, sorrowful of meln (and mayhap
scornful), a powerful, dark-featured
man of perhaps two and thirty was
slowly climbing the steep, rocky slope
which abutted the sea at Mulrlothan.
Far above, perched like a ragged eagle
on the wind-swept crest of the slope
was a solitary flsher-hut. Beyond it
straggled the sleepy fisher village.
A hundred ees seemed to peer down
upon the lone laborer through the
chilly opal dawn, and a hundred voices
to form into a floating, curse, which
settled upon him with the fierce fury
of a sudden Btorm. And ever the sil
very sea mist writhed like serpents at
his feet, and ever the screaming sea
birds, wheeling overhead, seemed to
cry, now hoarse as a fog-horn, now
shrill and piercing as a shepherd's
flute:
"The curse o' Cain be on ye for aye
an' aye!"
ypLjii3asd Ihlabnter pursued his
Of
Ere
bis
flier.
fthered wom-
aie, arose feebly
Jus brown hand up-
;kiMiis broad shoulder. "What ha' ye
ta'en free the Sea, Geordie, my bairn?
she queried. "Nae gude, mother, nae
gude; a mickle to keep the body warm,
that's a'. I fear we shall starve, mother,
for since they ha' branded me in Mulr
. lothan they will gle nie nae Blller," he
added brokenly, after a moment's sl-
Jence. "Nae fish can be ta'en frae the
' sea." "But ye wur na gielty, my bairn,
wl' my las' breath I wad say't"
"Ah, but the court an' the kirk ha'
. branded me. I be the outcast o' Mulr-
, . .. Li..,, : 1 . j , ,,
JOluan, a uiuu u uiuiu-gteiuuvao,
' they say. His strong voice sank bit
' terly; a red glow of the driftwood fire
cast a fantastic glamor over his dark,
bearded face.
"There-be times, mother," he said at
last, ;"wbein to dee Is better than to
live when' life's a living death."
"But your mother still loves ye, bairn
an Annie."
"Hush! mother," he Interrupted, al
roost savagely, "It canna be; dinna
mention her to me again I hate her!"
Suddenly he rose and strode from the
room.
II.
In all Scotland there was scarcely to
v be found a prettier, sweeter, or more
winsome lass than Annie, of Mulr
lothan, the old laird's only daughter.
From early childhood she and George
Brodie bad loved each other with a
devotion singularly pure and strong.
Then suddenly one morning the evil
- tidings that be had committed a crime
' broke upon her. Staggered at first,
and stricken dumb, she . rebounded
. quickly to the supreme height of a wo
man's confidence, protesting his inno
cence. It was an unpopular attitude
ven for the laird's daughter.
The evidence against Brodie was
overwhelming. Link by link the chain
' bad forged Itself, coming forth, as it
were, spontaneously from the glowing
furnace of Retributive Justice. Wit
ness bad corroborated witness to the
.effect that George Brodie and Sandy
MacLean were together on the night of
.. the tragedy. . That , they were rivals
for the laird's daughter's heart and
hand was an open secret, And in this
was found a sufficient cause.
The defense that he (Brodie), In
company with Sandy MacLean, had
been assaulted and overpowered by un
known parties had seemed flimsy and
pitiably weak. Only the beautiful lass
who sat constantly at his side, and a
poor, palsied old woman, who paced the
court-room, moaning and wringing her
bands had believed that ;
Sternly, and without trace of
mercy in his voice, the judge had sen
tenced the accused to a long impris
onment at hard labor. When the term
was half served the king pardoned the
prisoner, and he returned to Mulr
lothan. By chance, the very first one to
fall beneath bis gaze, as he landed
from the boat was the woman who bad
long since given him ber love and eon
Monr She w. talklnr with a tall.
handsome stranger, and appeared
greatly confused as the convict drew
near. Suddenly she turned away and
directed her companion's attea'Jon to
something In the distance. Then the
convict had Wheeled sharply, and, with
a muttered cnurse, gone on bis way,
"III.
The village of Mulrlothan was -agog
with excitement King Robert Bruce
was a cominc On every hand could
fee heard the walling of bagpipes, be
tokening the arrival of clans from
jfciMiis 1
STATION.
I want to k the piece quilts, the ones tin
Ipla ! m.bln' ;
. And i want to pester Laury "bout their
freckled hired hand,
And joke her 'bout the widower she come
nnit' nlffh i.tabln'.
Till her pape got his pension
: time to save his land.
lowed In
Let' go a-vlsltln' back to Orlggsby'f Sta
tion .
Bask where they'i nothln' aggrevatln' an
mora; .
Shet away safe In the woods around the
old location .
Back where w ust to be so nappy and
. . so pore I .
t want to see Marlndy and help her with
her sewln',
And hear her talk so lorln' of bar man
that's dead and gone,
And stand up with Kmanuel to show me
bow he's growln',
And smile as I have saw her 'fore she put
her mournln' on.
And I went to see the Samples, on the old
lower eighty, .
Where John, our oldest boy, he was tuk
and burled for .
Ilia own sake and Katy's and I want to
cry with Katy
As she reads all his letters over, writ
from the war.
What's all this grand life and high situa
tion, And nary pink nor hollyhawk a-bloomln'
at the door?
Let's go a-vlsltln' back to Orlggsby'a Station-Back
where we ust to be so happy and
so pore I
Jama U'Mfcomb Riley.
many a brae and burn, to join the lion
hearted Scot, who dared flaunt defiance
in the teeth of England. The Mulr
lothan folk welcomed the great day
with flags and bunting and general
merriment.
But the hut of the outcast, George
Brodie, floated no flag; flung forth no
sound of music Black and solemn it
crouched, as if, like a cornered tiger,
It would spring Into the sea.
- The morning had dawned glowering
ly. The wind, gathering from all quar
ters, leaped upon the sea with the fury
of a wolf-pack, tearing It Into a my
riad ragged waves. White-caps chased
each other like sheeted demons toward
the "Reef o' the Damned." Sea-birds
flocked landward In screaming circles
the mariner's sign, of a squall.
Day swept wildly on into night. Still
the king's ship had not come. Part of
his force, it was true, had arrived by
land, but he was to join them by
water.
The wind rose higher and higher.
clouds, hovering low a moment,
furious
gun boomed out of the
blackness; then streaming lights
skyward. "Boom! boom!" went
the signals again and again plainly
the signals of a sinking ship.
The villagers, gathering on the crag,
separated into clamoring, gesticulating
groups. But they only clamored and
gesticulated. Strange cowardice held
even the soldiers of Robert Bruce.
"Geordie! Geordie!" called a voice
from the door of the hut, which an
old woman was vainly striving to hold
against the driving gust, "llcht the bea
con frae Skeighan's Held. TIs an eery
nlcht laddie; an' I thocht I heard the
voices o' pulr drownln' souls 1' the
mouth o' the gale."
The man's heart was touched, as this
old woman had always touched it, and
soon tho great red light was flushing
out upon the black water, broad, blaz
ing signals to "keep off."
Meantime a knot of hardy fishermen
had gathered, and were discussing a
plan to rescue the distressed crew.
"We canna bide the sea the nicht;
'tis wild as the Devil," concluded the
leader, and the others gave ready ac
quiescence. The words were scarcely spoken
when the outcast was among the group.
They scowled and shrank from him as
if be were leprous. He was to them
a man without the mantle of the kirk
the wearer of the Red Mark.
" 'TIs nae time to tithe the mint an
the cummin' ye drlvelin' hypocrites,"
he cried fiercely, seizing the leader in
a grip of iron.
"Ye shall hear me the nicht! Will ye
gang oot wl me to save the crew, or
let 'em dee 7 Speak!
He paused, and pointed dramatically!
to a rocket of gun cotton which even
then hung red-tailed, betwixt sea and
sky.
"We will no gang wl' ye a man o'
bluid," they answered. "Dy'e na ken
the curse o' God the red mark rests
on ye? the mark o' Cain.
"Then the curse o' God shall rest on
ye a hundredfold," be muttered, as he
turned away.
' IV.
Swiftly the good resolution of ths
outcast had met an Icy blast Unaided,
no living soul, however heroic, could
cross that black, boiling stretch of
sea, which rolled out madly betwixt
"Skeighan's Held" and "Dead Man's
Reef." The man groaned, aloud for
the sailors going down in the dark.
Criminal though- men said he was, he
held yet within his soul somewhere,
and deep down, a love for his suffering
fellows.) The possibility (yea, the very
reasonable probability) that King Rob
ert Bruce was among the distressed on
ly added a sharper sting to the con
vict's regret "They shoilna dee," he
exclaimed desperately, turning with
frantic haste toward a dory which lay
bottom upward In the distance. "If It
wasna for mother," he added hoarsely,
"I wad be glad to"
, "Mon!" came a cry from a tall fig
ure, striding behind, 'I'll gang oot wl'
ye.".
The outcast wheeled quickly .and
clasped the stranger's huge, long hand.
Finding It warm and strong, be re
plied, "A moment gude sir, an' I'll put
ye to the test", A moment later he en.
tared the hut and soon returned with a
great coll of rope on bis arm.
f ma the steep, rugged slop the
two powerful men bore the dory. Fin
ally, by dint of desperate determina
tion, they launched it off the narrow
shelving beach; and climbing In, paid
out the rope, which had previously been
fastened to a ring In the stern and at
tached to a boulder on the bead). By
happy fortune the sea began to calm,
and the rope served both as an an
chor and a return cable.
After many perils the dauntless lit
tle craft reached the ship, which was
plainly viBlble In the bright light, now
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yffeaDi
streaming from the shore, and the crew
with few exceptions, were eventually
brought, chilled but thankful. Into the
garrulous circle, which surrounded the
fire on "Skelgan's Held."
Suddenly the captain of the rescued
crew, a great tall fellow, who mask
like sea-garments the curious villagers
and etrange to say some of the king's
own soldiers believed to hide none
other than Robert Bruce, rose and
cried, "wha ha' saved us?"
At this, George Brodte's face went
white (for the captain had not spoken
before), but he quickly arose from his
place by the fire, and rushing forward,
exclaimed, "Sandy MacLean, by the
eternal!"
"Ay, ay, Geordie," said the captain,
"an' ye've saved my life the nicht? God
bless ye forr't, lad, as we canna."
The crowd was fairly agape with ex
citement now.
"An' I thocht to save the king, San
dyI "
" Twas the king helplt ye to save,
man," cried the mysterious stranger,
who had gone with the outcast And,
throwing off his heavy water-soaked
cloak, there stood revealed King Rob
ert Bruce.
"And listen, Geordie Brodie," he con
tinued with a nod toward a graceful
figure, standing some distance away.
"Ye maun thank the laird's lass for
brlngln' me hither. Twas to please her
that I cam to try your case wl' malr o"
mercy than the court an' the kirk ha
gt'en ye. The day that ye returned
frae the preeson she dldna wish to In
troduce me, fora weel, for the cause
which God Almighty ha' shown ye the
nicht In allooln' ye to Justify "your
sel' 1' the dark, e'en as men conveected
ye o' crime I' the dark." '
"Oh, God," groaned Sandy MacLean,
"what misery the deed o' Red Beard
the Pirate ha' brought to the Innocent
T-but the dell is dead dead dead."
"I decree," interrupted the King,
with a friendly motion to Sandy to
keep silent, "that the records o' court
an' kirk be stricken oot, an' that a gol
den malrk o' honor be written where
the red mairk o' crime ha' been; also
that Geordie Brodie be gl'en the hand,
e'en as he ha' noo the heart o' the
laird's dochter provided she be will
in'. What say ye noo to that, Geordie?"
"I canna say malr than that I'm un
worthy o' her," faltered Brodie, a sus
picion of tears in his voice.
"Then I'll make ye Earl o' Cassan
mulr." "Nae, nae, King Robert," interposed
a sweet feminine voice whose beauti
ful mistress was soon on the scene.
"I'll hae him as he is the same auld,
gude auld Geordie he ha' been for aye."
The king smiled, took the lass'
hand and solemnly placed it In
"Bfedlai.
Geordie," he'TaWr-:iLSa.n io nae
malr to blot out the red mal
"To the finest laddie an' the fatresl
lassie in auld Scotland!" cried Sandy
MacLean, knocking the head out of
one of the heaviest kegs and pouring
a great heap of Spanish doubloons at
their feet
"An' to the bravest an' best king auld
Scotland ever throned," he continued,
precipitating a similar Bhining flood at
the feet of Robert Bruce.
While the spell of their wonder was
yet upon them, Sandy MacLean, the
great-hearted and flamboyant, gather
ed up the remainder of his treasure and
went on with his followers to the tav
ern. Thus It was that George Brodie came
into hla own at last, and Bed Beard's
piracy served a worthy end. Scottish
American. QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
The "botanical clock" is the name ot
a flower that Is grown on the Isthmus
of Tehauntepec. It la said to change
color three times a day, being white
in the morning, red at noon and blue
at night
The vicar of Burgess Hill, England,
announces that when confetti are
thrown on the occasion ot weddings at
his church an addition of $1.25 will be
made to the usual wedding fee, to
pay for the trouble ot cleaning the pa
per away.
Ether and chloroform, so useful In
sending men to sleep, have the very op-
poslte effect on plants, which are stlm
fclated to the greatest possible activi
ty by these drugs. In Denmark and
Germany advantage has been taken ot
this Tact to force flowers in rooms and
glasshouses, and to snake them bloom
out of season. The results are said to
be marvelous.
The Journal of Education says: "Tak
ing the country as a whole one child
in five between the ages of five and 15
Is at work as a wage earner. In Ala
bama It Is one In four, while In Massa
chusetts it is but' one In 20P! Massa
chusetts leads all other states Is far
In the lead In this particular. Her
record Is 40 times as good as that of
the United States as a whole." -
There are several species of fish,
reptiles and Insects which never sleep,
In the whole ot their existence. Among
fish It Is positively known that pike,
salmon and goldfish never sleep at all,
also that there are several others In
the fish family that never sleep more
than a couple ot minutes In a whole
month. There are a dosen species ot
files which never Indulge In slumber.
On certain goose farm In the Mid
dle West there Is an Incubator with a
capacity foe 10,000 eggs. These eggs
are not, however, placed In the Incu
bator at one time, but are so arranged
that one section will hatch each day,
being refilled as soon as the goslings
are taken out The geese on this farm
are raised for their feathers alone,
which are used in the upholstering
business. '
The Texarkana (Tex.) Courier pub
lished this problem In arithmetic for
the glory of the State of Texas; "This
will help you to figure out just how
large Texas really Is. - If you have a
star mathmetlclan In your family tell
him the population ot the globe; then
ask him If all the people In the world
were-placed in Texas and Its soil divid
ed out them per capita, how large
wddld the man's farp be who had a
wife and twd child -tent When he gets
through figuring, inen Whisper In his
ear: 'More ths,n half an acre.' "
BASEBALL'S EARLY DAYS
BEGAN IN NEW YORK AND WAS
FIRST PLAYED IN 1842.
A. Q. Spalding Recounts Its History
Developed From One Ol Cat How
Profeaatonallsm Came ' In The
. Cloud of Gambling and the Reoc
ganizatlon by William A. Hulbert.
In an address before the Young
Men's Christian association training
school at Springfield, Mass., recently,
A, G. Spalding, the foremost authority
on the subject In the country, spoke
upon "The Origin and Early History
of Baseball." His talk contained much
heretofore unpublished history, and
Is reproduced in part as follows:
"While theje Is more or less of a
family resemblance In all games ot
ball, I consider baseball quite as much
American in Its origin, development
and evolution as cricket is of English
origin, both being recognised as the
national games of their respective
countries. Some authorities claim
that baseball came from the old Eng
lish juvenile game of Rounders, but I
am decidedly of the opinion that it
was 1 natural evolution from tho old
Colonial game of One Old Cat. One
Old Cat was played by three boyB a
thrower, a catcher, and batsman. The
latter, after striking the ball, ran to a
goal about 30 feet distant, and by re
turning to the batsman's position
without being put out, counted one
run or. "tally."
"New York City may properly be
called the home of baseball, for it was
first played in that city in 1842, but
In a desultory sort of way, and with
out any organization or printed play
ing rules. In 1845, the first baseball
club was organized In New York City,
known as the Knickerbockers, and
this club formulated and published the
first rules of the game In that year.
Five years later tho Gotham club of
New York was organized, and In 1854
the? Eagles and Empires of New York
came into tho game, and matches be
tween these clubs were played on the
Elysian Fields of Hoboken, N. J., and
attracted considerable public Interest.
The Knickerbocker club continued to
make the rules of the game until 1857,
when a convention of ball players was
held In New York City, which result
ed In the permanent organization, in
1858, of the National Association of
Baseball Players, consisting of 25
charter club members, all from New
York City and immediate' vicinity.
This original association made the
playing rules and governed the game
until the first National Association of
Professional Baseball Players was or
ganized, and since that time the pro
fessional element has formulated the
playing rules and governed the game.
ball .clubs continued to multi
ply quite rapTIWK"1 the organiza
tion Of the U.nSkmatfiiir Assorts-
tion In 1858, to the breaking out of
the civil war In 1861, but the game up
to this time was confined almost en
tirely to New York City and immedi
ate vicinity. The New York soldiers
Introduced their new baseball game
Into the army, and it soon became
a favorite camp pastime in both arm
ies. While those two magnificent arm
ies ot the north and south could not
agrco upon national policies ot gov
ernment, both could agree on baseball,
and at the close of the war the sol
diers of both armies carried the game
to every town and hamlet In the
United States, and in 1865-C6 baseball
became a furor throughout the coun
try. So It will be seen that baseball
has Its patriotic side, and was one of
the direct results of the civil war, and
the game can date Its birth as the na
tional game of the United States from
that war.
"I am indebted for my first acquaint
ance with baseball to a disabled Illi
nois soldier returning from the war
In 1863, when, as a lad of thirteen, I
listened to his account of the baseball
as played in the camp, and under this
old - soldier's coaching I became a
member of a boys' club in Rockford,
111., which I believe was one of the
first baseball clubs organized In the
west. From 1865 to 1870, baseball
clubs sprang up everywhere, and the
rivalry between cities became In
tense. The National club of Wash
ington was the first eastern club to
make an extended trip through the
West in 1867, and met with only one
defeat and that at the .hands ot the
Rockford club, of which I had. the
honor to be the pitcher. The result
of this game was the indirect cause of
my afterward becoming a professional
player.
"Every effort was made at this peri
od to keep the game on an amateur
basis, but the rivalries between cities
became so Intense, and the demand ot
the public for high-class ball so ur
gent, that It was utterly Impossible to
keep the game on a strictly amateur
plane. Veiled professionalism became
the order ot the day, and while the
amateur, status was Insisted upon In
the rules, young men possessed of
skill as ball players were offered lu
crative positions In commercial
houses, with the understanding that
they could play baseball all they
wanted to; yet a large part ot their
salaries was provided by the local club
or some of Its enthusiastic members.
This so-called amateurism or veiled
professionalism was in general vague
throughout the country, and It became
so Intolerable- to players and club offi
cials that it finally resulted In the or
ganization of the National Association
of Professional Baseball Players, In
1871. From that date baseball play
ing has been recognized as a regular
profession, and the game has . since
been under the management and com
trol ot regularly organized profession
al clubs, banded together in associa
tions and leagues.1; ' " V
"The game advanced and prospered
t first nnder this new regime, but In
the early seventies a dark cloud grad
ually made Its appearance on the base
ball horizon, caused by the demoralis
ing Influences that always follow ex
tensive gambling on athletic events or
sport of any kind. Every large city
bad Its baseball poolrooms, and near
ly every grounds had its betting pa
vilion. Thousands ot ifallars were
wagered on all Important matches,
and It was no unusual sight to see
player in uniform making bets with
men In the audience. The attendance
dropped away, and the ' baseoan
grounds In several ot the large cities
became simply an exchange for the
gamblers to carry on their business.
In 1876 these conditions became in
tolerable, professional baseball was at
death's door, and many predicted Its
ultimate collapse. In this crisis an In
cident arose that resulted In an entire
reorganization of the baseball govern
ment, and, as usually happens, a man
equal to the emergency appeared In
the person of William A. Hulbert, af
terwards president of the Chicago
club. ;
"The latter part of June, 1876, It be
came publicly known that White, Mo
Vey, Barnes, and myself, of the Bos
ton team, generally known as the first
"big four," and Anson and Sutton of
the Philadelphia Athletics, had signed
with the Chicago club for 1876. It
created a great sensation In the base
ball world, and, under the then exist
ing rules, threats of expulsion were
freely made, and probabty would have
been carried out at the next annual
meeting of ths old association, to be
held In March, 1876. This situation
gave Hulbert his opportunity, and
while the officials of the old associa
tion, under whose management the
game had suffered such a setback,
were airing their intention ot expell
ing the above-named players, Hulbert
was quietly at work formulating plans
to organize a new association to sup
plant the old. Mr. Hulbert had little
difficulty In bringing the four western
clubs St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louis
ville and Chicago into this revolu
tionary scheme, and after this was
quietly accomplished, Mr. Hulbert
sent a personal Invitation to the presi
dents of the four eastern clubs above
named to meet him at the Grand Cen
tral hotel In New York City, Feb. 7,
1876, with the result that then and
there was organized the National
League of Professional Baseball Clubs,
with ex-Oov. Bulkeley of Connecticut
as its first president, and N. E. Young
as secretary."
CRIMINALS ARE FATALISTS.
No Matter How Many Times Cap
tured, They Stick to One Specialty.
"Criminals seem to be the strongest
kind of fatal in ts." remarked Judge
Neff of Pittsburg recently. Judge Neff
Is widely known as an authority on
criminology and his long experience
as prosecutor, judge and lawyer has
given him unusual opportunity of
studying scientifically the causes and
characteristics of crime.
have noticed that when a crimi
nal Is arrested after finishing one sen
tence the second charge is generally
the same as the one which first got
him into trouble. It seems like a
Btrange kind of fatality. I've known
instances where one criminal has
been arrested and puniqhed flvi
six times on cbargt
"What makes them do it? I'm not
sure I can explain it satisfactorily, but
I know it to be the case. It has oc
curred to me, and possibly this Is the
simplest explanation, that the reason
for a criminal adhering strictly to one
line of work Is tho same as the fas
cination which holds a gambler to a
table, although luck is against him.
"Each failure or each loss shows
the victim a point which he has hith
erto been ignorant of, and it is easy
to convince himself that the next time
he will escape that mistake.
"And so It goes. Ever the next
time, JuBt one more chance, and then
another, ever confident that the luck
must change and that each turn of the
wheel leaves him just that much bet
ter equipped and that much more
likely to win finally. Then there is
the desperation, the unconscious and
gritty determination to make a suc
cess of it
ed and punished, the process of the
law simply goes to show him wherein
his first job was bungling and poorly
"If he falls and is arrested, convict
carried out. The first feeling of res
ignation that follows the bitterness of
punishment is when he tells himself
that next dime he will not repeat the
error which led to his detection on the
present occasion. No sooner Is he
out of the penitentiary than he essays
again to try bis luck, this time care
fully avoiding the mistake which first
brought him to grief.
"It is a well known tact that no
criminal, no matter how expert or how
daring, can cover up all his tracks.
The very best of them will leave at
least one loophole, will commit at
least one error, which - eventually
fastens the guilt upon him. The poor
er criminals leave clues according to
their skill or experience. So our
Imaginary croot, the second time he
plans a job, while be carefully avoids
a repetition of bis first error. Is al
most sure to make some other one.
And so on, each succeeding crime and
detection pointing, out to him the
lines of his weakness, so that he Is
irresistibly led onward to his destruc
tion." Detroit Tribune, -s
More Boys Than Girls. '
Since more boys than girls are born
In the countries of western Europe,
the ' proportion being 1040 to 1060
boys to every 1000 girls, how can we
account for the fact that there are
more womeq than men In these coun
tries? To this question M, de Varlg
ny, a French scientist, replies at
length In , a leading Paris paper.
"Since there are more ' women, al
though, more men are born," he says,
"we must conclude that more men die
than women because they are not as
healthy. There Is no other solution,
and, moreover, all the obtainable facts
point In the same direction. More
boys are born than girls, yet there are
almost always more girls alive than
boys. Many pet tons think that the
principal reason Why more men die
than women is because they lead In
temperate Uvea, but though there may
be some truth In this, It cannot be
the sole solution of the problem, as
the mortality among males Is great
est durlnr, their early years, before
they kno.f what vice or Intemperance
means." -v.- .
A band of robbers succeeded in
stealing a quantity of valuable -gold
quartz from a mine at Bendlngs, New
South Wales, though they had to climb
7000 feet of ladders to Bwomnllsh the
theft " '
THEPULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. EDWARD NILES.I
Snujeoti "Itoeenl Kelliloas Bevtvals.
Brooklyn, N. Y. The Rev. Edwnrd
Nlles, pastor of the White (Bushwick
Avenue Reformed) Church, preached
Sunday on "The Recent Religious Re
vivals." The text was from II. Samuel
v:24: "When thou bearest the sound of
marching In the tops of the mulberry
trees, then thou sbalt bestir thyself;
for then is Jehovah gone out before
thee to smite the host ot the Philis
tines." Mr. Nlles said
David and his little kingdom were
sore beset by the enemy. Former vic
tories had only brought them tempo
rary relief. Many of the troops werei
discouraged. Very likely some advised
patching up terms of peace with the,
1'nlllstines which would stop the per
petual conflict, even if much would'
needs be yielded. It was a crisis, and'
David did the best thing possible.
He Inquired ot Jehovah. The reply
of the oracle was a strange one. The
order was not to go openly against the
foe, but to equip his forces, and, thor
oughly prepared for attack, put them
in ambush opposite a grove of mul
berry trees. Then, when the sound of
an angel army was heard rustling over
the tops ot those branches, to bestir
himself, and, according to the account
in Chronicles, go out to battle. How
thrilling the promise which followed
the direction, "for then Jehovah Is
gone out before thee to smite the host
of the Philistines."
He did as he was told. Jehovah led
the way, the Israelites followed. Both
smiting together won the battle. David
bad faith to adopt God's plan of at
tack. His ..H i was manifested by his
works. The result was glorious peace.
Preparation. Expectation. Realiza
tion. These three words tell the story.
I believe this tale from the Old Book
Is full of lessons to us. Certainly we
are hemmed in by influences threaten
ing most dangerously our spiritual in
dependence. The work of the churches
in Brooklyn is not going forward as it
should. Defensive tactics are too
much in evidence.
Many in our ranks are seeking after
compromise with evil, the abandon
ment of our spiritual integrity, accom
modation to the demands of the world.
The times are desperate and earnest
souls have followed the example of the
Shepherd King, inquiring of Jehovah
what shall be done.
The answer has come. In no uncer
tain tones. Equip yourselves with
shields of faith, swords of the Spirit,
breastplates of righteousness, helmets
of- salvation. Omit no preparation.
Expect great things. When thou hear
est the sound of heavenly allies march
ing, bestir thyself. Strike, "for I, Je
hovah, am with yon."
Christians nave been hearing such
messages for months. Sermons, prny
er meeting talks, Sunday-school in
struction have laid ever deepening em
phasis on the necessity ot being alert
to the help from heaven which will
warrant the command, "Go forward."
I believe it has come. As one of
of the sacramental army
strewed wit
ifks and i
"sdlAI of m
th re.
daily pautTTfrag of tho
marchlug In the tops of the
mulberry trees."
"Gypsy Smith!" It is an outlandish
name. But it tells of a man who suc
ceeded where Rhodes, Kruger, Mllner
and all the other "statesmen" signally
failed.
From London comes the echo of the
angel's footsteps, forcing back its sin,
shame and poverty that the churches,
charging shoulder to shoulder, may
carry In triumph the cross of Christ to
tbe very darkmost heart of that, me
tropolis of Christen lorn and Satan.
With thrilling distinctness I hear the
reverberations of tbe marching In Liv
erpool. Almost incredulous I ask, "Can
it be, in this twentieth century, when
we have been so often assured that re
vivalism Is dead, that the greatest com
mercial centre of the greatest commer
cial nation of the world is stirred as
never before In its history by the story
of Jesus?"
. "Yes," comes the answer from many
witnesses. Policemen have strangely
few calls to take people to the station
houses and are brluglng them instead
to gospel meetings, wrestling with
them in prayer, rejoicing with them In
salvation. One hundred and fifty
street car conductors are bound to
gether in a praying band. Messenger
boys and brokers in the Stock Ex
change talk with each other of God
and join together in prayer.
Tbe very whistling on the streets Is
of gospel hymns. Twelve thousand
people night after night pack the Tour
nament Hall to hear and give their
testimonies, led by a recently notorious
prize fighter and gambler.
Nearly 5000 have publicly given their
hearts to Christ In that one city and
67,000 In England since our American
evangelists, Torrey and Alexander, be
gan their meetings in England.
The sound of marching on the top of
the mulberry trees has been so load in
Wales that even our dally papers this
side of tbe Atlantic have beard, and
found place to record it In their col
umns. In a little Welsh town, eight
miles from the nearest railroad, a
Christian Endeavor meeting was being
held a few months back. The leader
urged upon those present to tell their
own spiritual experience, when a fourteen-year-old
girl, who had never taken
any part before, startled every one by
rising with beaming face. "0, I love
Jesus with all my heart" were her
only words. ' The effect wss electric.
One after another testified to the great
ness of their sins and tbe infinitely
greater greatness of Christ's pardon.
The religious contagion spread to other
villages in fast widening circle,
Evan Roberts, once a ringleader In de
bauchery, bad recently given up co,
mining to study for the ministry, a il
ea me home for little rest. He wa
lusplred by the changed life of his
town to proclaim the gospel with a
power unheard of in a theological stu
dent. 8cores came to him for advice,
whom he led to tbe cross. His services
were asked for here, there end another
place. : Wherever he went tbe way bad
been prepared by faithful effort. No
halls were large enough to accommo
date the, crowds, and the meetings
were held out of doors in many places.
Every Sunday-school, every Christian
Endeovot meeting became a revival
meeting. The preachers were dises
tablished. The people conducted tb
Catherine as they saw lit. Song, ex-
hiortatlons, prayer followed or mingled
with one another, yet an wiinoiu sucu
confusion as would mar the one Im
pression of each meetlng-th evident
presence in power of the Holy Spirit.
Such a Chrlstmn time has never been
known In Wales. Instead of drunken
ness, kvmn sinKlng; the theatres de
serted, tnelr players stranded, religious,
conversation the prevailing topic, sa
loons with no patrons.
The revival is distinctively etlilonl,
confirmed enemies ot years standing
reconciled In the meetings, old and
foivjtteu debts remembered nnd paid,
the baneful effects ot tbe great strike
disappearing as mister and workman
labor together In bringing to tbe anx
ious bench tbe unsaved or as they seek
together for light and peace, "It is
the most remarkable spiritual upheav
al this generation has witnessed. I
believe it is destined to leave a perma
nent mark on tbe history ot our coun
try. It seems to be rocking Welsh Ufe
like a great earthquake," says Lloyd
George, a member of Parliament. Over
34,000 people are already enrolled si
convert",, and the movement shows no
sign c' abatement. "Will this revival
marching or God's army cause Ameri
cans to bestir themselves? I it not
the sign from God that we go out to
battle?".
Such was the query that came to a
minister of tbe Reformed Church in
Schenectady. He rallied the Christian
forces of that city, and their first on
slaught was successful beyond what
they had faith to expect.
That city Is full of men and women
to-day who have made their peace with
God, ot those wbo are asking, "What
must I do to be saved?" and, equally
Important, ot those who have already
found an answer to the question,
"What can I do for others," and are
doing it. Practically every church In
tbe place has been stirred as never be
fore in this generation.
From the economically nnd politi
cally distracted State of Colorado I
hear the tramp, tramp of marching!
not now of deported miners, nor ot
armed troops quelling riots. It is the
tread of God's messengers, their feet
shod with the preparation of the Gos
pel of Peace.
The level-headed business meu of
Denver declared over nnd over a few
weeks back that, whatever might be
doue elsewhere, a revival there was In
conceivable. What did 1 reud in (ho
paper a week ago yesterday? Five
hundred business houses closed for
two hours thatcmployersand employed
might attend prayer meetings! The
public schools, the municipal buildings
shut because of the revival. The State
Legislature, more interested lu Jesus
Christ than In deciding who should be
the Governor, adjourning to attend
church in a body on a Friday! Al
ready new Christians are numbered by
the thousands and hundreds of people
wbo bad kept their church letters in
their trunks have presented thein and
renewed their Christian work.
Are not such sounds of marching of
angel's footsteps in South Africa, In
London, in Liverpool, through the
length and breadth of Wales, In
Schenectady, In Denver, in many
places, signals that we should liexllr
ourseh-es and go down with tueni to
the attack? I can Interpret these glo
rious facts in no other way.
Other places have been freed from
the tliralldom of indifference to things
spiritual. Why should not we? Is
there any reason why tbe work should
not commence now, quickening the fro
zen, illumining the darkened, lifting
nil up to a higher plane of thought,
giving Juster conceptions of responsi
bility, causing us to act with wiser re
gard for tbe glory of God and the wel
fare of souls?
Tbe only reason lies lu ourselves.
Who votes against a revival? The
Christian' wbo prays not for it, wbo
?yrU iiatluv it. ) hen I Jtse
seat in the prayer meeting or church,
when I see a class in Sunday-school
left without a teacher, a healtby
church member wbo Is not also a work
er, I say: "There is a vote against a
revival." How do you vote? Yes?
Then all you need to do is to use the
means. The first is self-examination.
Am I, as a professed Christian, a
bright and shining example of tbe ben
efits of being a Christian?
Tbe second means is prayer. Begin
your first conscious moment of the day
with a "God, pour out Thy spirit on
tbe white church."
Pray during the day, though your
feet may be walking and your eye
are open.
A certain place in the dome of the
Capitol is called the whispering gal
lery because a word, even though only
whispered there, is distinguishable In
the farther corner of the rotunda. The
various meetings for prayer in this
sanctuary are the whispering galleries
where are most quickly heard tne
sound of the marching in the tops ot
the mulberry trees.
The third means is joy. According
to our faith it be done to us. The Holy
Spirit never failed to. come where He
was confidently expected, me simple,
uninterrupted joy of Evan Roberts Is
a striking phase ot his spiritual power.
So far as equipment is concerned,
our preparation for the sound of
marching In the tops or tne muioerry
trees Is complete. Because we have
heard It In so many directions and our
expectation have become realizations,
"shall we co out to nattier
"God ha sounded forth the trumpet
that shall never call retreat;
He Is sifting out the hearts of men be
fore Hi ludsment seat.
O be swift, my soul, to answer Him;
be Jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on."
The GnldlBg of Providence.
fnhMrin rn nrpuch ths GoSDet
In Cape Town, Barnabas Shnw bought
a yoke of oxen ana a cart, aim iiuumi
ui. t.li, Intn I ha wnirnn. ha and bis
1110 gwuo ihiv " " rt ,
wife seated themselves therein, and
beaded the lowing klne toward the in
terior of the country, not kuowing
whither they went Thus they jour
neyed on day after day, till they had
traveled 800 miles. On the twenty
seventh day ot their journey they en-
imped for tne nigm. xavj uiacuc
nf tTnttnntnts. l-.nltlnir near
,... nn atitnriiitf into coiumunlcat
tion with them, they learned to their
astonishment that tnis Dana oi-ueuiu-ens,
headed by their-chlef were Jour,
ncying to Cope Town in search of a
missionary to teach thetn "tbe great
Word," as they expressed. It. . Had
either party started a half day earlier
or later they wouia not nave iuvu
CUSTOMS Of THE LASCARS.
Have Many Peculiarities, but Make
Good Sailor. :
Some ot the peculiar customs of th
east Indian coolies, called Lascars,
are very amusing ton. For instance
they always cat tholr food in the open
air, with their face toward th wet;
and the greatest Insult a wmie man
or "Giaour" can offer tnem is to w
between them and the sun while tney
are eating, causing his shadow to tall
on their food, which immediately in
comes unclean.
Their appearance Is rendered pecu
liar by their bablt ot shaving their
beads, leafing but one tuft at the
stde for "the prophet'r to drag them
into paradise by. , -
When married they wear a ring on
thoir ht trA. Thev stand the cold
remarkably well, and make good sail
ors, being as active as monkeys. In
running aloft they ignore the ratlins,
and 11 ha tho hackstavs. a perpendicu
lar wire rooe. which they literally
"GREAT AMERICAN DE8ERT
NEARLY GONE.
Crops Worth 1100,000,000 Year Pro.
duced From Irrigated Land
Onot Worthless,
Irrigation ts aa useful In New York
Bute farming as it Is in many places
where It is supposed to be more appli
cable to the conditions. The new cen
sus bulletin just Issued states that arti
ficial provision against drought ts used
in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Is
land, Connecticut New York, New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Alabama,
and Mississippi, Exceptionally high
yields of fruit and vegetables are re
ported as made possible by Its use.
the bulletin, are distributing water
Thousands of miles of canals, says
the bulletin, are distrubutlng water
upon more than 8,000,000 acres ot.
land. 'producing crops worth ,100.000,.
000 a year. '-. ' ;
The Increase from 189$ to 1902 was
20 percent; 193,000,000 has been In
vested In Irrigation works. Running
stream provide three-fourths of
Irrigation now In use, wells and
springs the remainder.
California leads In cost of irrigation
works, Utah coming next The Mor
mons settled In an arid tract which
they have made to blossom like a
garden by bringing water down from
the mountains. In Irrigated area Col
orado ranks first But the California
irrigated land averages more valu
able and Is more intensively worked.
More than 90 percent of the coun-
trv'u ! rri aa t, fvma I. ,1 -A I
arid region between the Rockies and
the Mississippi, using the headwaters
of the latter stream. This takes In ,
part of the "Great American Desert''
of old geographies.
The Columbia river basin is third
in importance In irrigation projects.
It alone supplies nearly 20,000 farms
with water. The Colorado river
through much of its course lies In a
canyoii so deep that it cannot be
p that It cannot be
ck. Onlj twenty yyr""l
Iiedfr6m "Ore-twfin l
terns are supplied
stream. Systems heading near Yuma, A
nrizonH, are turning aesert lands into
a region of marvelous richness.
Not until 1897 was irrlgatipn applied
to coast lands In the Southern States
supposed before then to be suitable
fnr lUBlllrava rtnlv Mnrtr ihav " - t,v.
... r ., u.u y.ir, ,
duclng big cropB of rice upon thous- ""r
ands of acres. American rice is a V
crop with a vast future. . 1
Texas and Arizona are curiously, t
handicapped as to irrigation by the-X
present treaty with Mexico Which for
bids the impounding of any part of the
waters of the Rio Grande. Probably
In the future there will be no" diffi
culty In arranging this matter.
Streams subjected to sudden floods,
like the Rio Grande and the Missis
sippi, are improved by the construc
tion ol headwater storage systems.
These tend to diminish floods. ?, Ex
ireme lor water lsjl.a lafllleklj..
mTllrffliaJsWyHfSffllwtUer Impounding.
Rain tends to Increase in frequency
in the dry season upon lands abund
antly supplied with water from reser
voirs. Evaporation cools the air and
tromotes rain.
John Barrett aa a Milker. :. '
John Barrett 15 years ago a re-
porter In San Francisco, and now ' i
United States minister to Panama,
having In the meantime held the of- ' ,
flees of minister to Siam and Argettr
! n n ,hJ nnmmle.lAi.n,..Dna., fnw (lia V
uw v.. ...... u.,.v.i,, Bv,u,., ..." -
Louisiana Purchase exposition bad a
unique experience during the cam
paign. While speaking in a New Eng
land town, be made the assertion that
he knew well what it was to work on
a farm. A young farmer In the crowd,
made sceptical by tbe speaker's
faultless Prince Albert coat Immacu
late shirt front pale gray trousers and
shining tile, shouted out:
"You work on a farm? Bet yer never
milked a cow In your life." '
"I take your bet." said Barrett; "I
will put up $100 against the same
amount that I can milk a cow faster
than you can."
The dare was accepted; the Dem
ocrats raised a purse ot 1100 to match
Barrett's one-hundred-dollar bill; two
cows were brought around; at the cry
of "Ready! Go!" the milk rattled Into
the bottom of the palls, and Baxjelt's
pall was full first, the meeting winding
up in blaze of glory. Argonaut
Animals and Fire.
Most animals are afraid of fire and
will' fly form it In terror. To others
here is a fascination about a flame.
and they will walk into it een though. .
tortured by the beat A horse in a A
burning stable goes mad with fear,
but a dog Is as cool in a tire as at any
time. He keeps bis nose down to the
floor, where the air Is purest and sets
himself calmly to finding his way out
Cats In fires bowl plteously. They hide
their faces from the ligWi-aerouc
in corners. When the resouer llft(
them they are as a rule quite doclle,
and subdued, never biting or scratching.-
Birds seem to be hypnotized by
fire and keep perfectly still; even the
loquacious parrot In a fire has nothing
to say. Cows; like dogs, do not show
alarm. They are easy to lead forth, and
often Und their way out themselves.
Not Safe Juror. -Attorney
for Defence One more
question. Mr. Plunkett Have you any r
prejudice in mis caan tmu wj
other! . -
Talesman No, sir.
Attorney It you should be accepted
as a Juror do you think you could ren
der a verdict in accordance with tb
law and the evidence?
Talesman I think 1 could. ,
Attorney (after whispered confer
ence with his client) Your honor,
we'll excuse Mr. Plunkett Chicafio
Tribune.
Certain of One Thing.
"Well, little hoys," said the kind
hearted dentist, "does the tooth hurt
you?"
"I don't know whether It's the tooth
or whether It's Just me," groaned tin
boy: "but I'm blamed sure that if
youH separate ua the pain'll g
away!"
Still, be howled lustily when t'o
dentist elected the separation,- (
o-o Tribune. i".
I, A 1- fralArnltv ha t;-.. -
of the futures of the Lewis and CIn
cr :it.Mmiul at Portland, Ore.
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