VOLUME XX. FRANKLIN. N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1905. U XIJ3EU 17 GROWN OLD they say fhey in going to' shoot 70a, Old Billy, but don't yon fret, For the fellow who dsrea to meddle with you must reckon with me, you bet ; Tou're a pour old hone, d Hilly, and job aren't worth much. It la true ; Bat you're been a faithful friend to me, and I'll nee you safely through, Booot Old nillyT I pn not I Though you may be old and fray. By the self-ranie stretch of mercy they'll be shoot Log me aaie day ; 1 haven't much love for -tlw fellowi who follow the shooting plan ; If alley had more pity for uorses and dogs, hey'd hare num lore tor man, ThLljM, Old" Bill, I like It your nns - . """ile sgarnst my facet we've had rattling tlmea together, and once we won the race Do you remember It, Hilly, the fop that we donned that day! Asa the way he (wore, that an old farm horse should show his trotter the ".way? ' , I &e Girl Who Laughed. & itHttltltatalitttltH $ By-El Wheeler Wilcox. 1tft1e1le1e11im 'A girl was gathering, roees In the yard as Morris Gurnee went by to his work. : He was carpenter and Joiner, working In Sir. Hills' employ, and this girl who was gathering rosea was Mr. U1K daughter Jlejeiherlle .her Fleece because her hair was so fine, and thick, and blond, and curl ing when she was a child like little lamb's wool. It was put up now in a graceful knot at the back of her . head, but was still all of a fleece over her brow and about the shell-like ears. "Good morning," said Morris, look ing at her with admiring eyes. "Good morning here's a rose lor ,you," she answered, and laughed. That laugh! She was always laugh inggiggling, tho spiteful girls said. Just a little bubble and ripple of a sound, that she closed erery remark with, whether grave or gay. It was a sweet, musical sound, and yet It al ways made Morris uncomfortable. He felt as if she were laughing at him. He was glad enough of the rose she threw it at him over the yard fence, and he-taught It dexterously in his left hand, and almost Involuntarily lifted It to his lips. Then . Fleece laughed again, and run up the path. Morris walked on with the rose in Ills hand, and love in his heart. Oh, yes, he did Jove her, but what was' the use of it? If he told her she would laugh at him. She was not) ' deep enough to understand a love like 'his she was nothing but a Drettv. . shallow, laughing creature, as full of fun and frolic as a kitten. But he kept the rose all day long! In the pocket of his coat. When the, sun grew too warm and be threw tho mm 1 name ua a, pue 01 luutoer, no re- ny?mlifed to take out the rose andjnjjjt 19 fl'hntn 1 liPYin 1 11 ,ked.- 'Shall I throw It in the wood box?" Morris was lying stretched upon a lounge, reading a morning paper. Handsome enough he looked to please any girl's fancy in his bright drneing gown and slippers, one arm under his dark, fine bead, the outer noiaing tne paper in an easy, graceful way. But the, paper dropped, and the dark cheek flushed hotly at this sudden Question his mother had put "No,"' he said, "give it to me. I I want to keep It, mother." The mother handed him the flower, and Stitched away in silence for a. moment Then she said; "Is it the love token of some girl, Morris? I think you might tell your mother If It Is. I am getting ola and weary, my boy, and very willing to resign my duties Into younger hands. We have a cozy home here, and a good enough one for any girl. It you bring a good wife home, Morris, no one will give her a heartier welcome than your mother." "It was no love token, mother," Morris said, gravely. "Only a rose that Fleece Mills tossed me as 1 passed by this morning." : "Fleece Mills Is a vain, pretty; gig gling girl, Morris," said the mother, not lifting, her eyes to her son's face. "She has never known a care or sor row, and looks upon life as a good Joke, and nothing more. She Is not like ' our neighbor's daughter, Jane Smith." " ,v "Not at all like her," answered Mor ris, quietly, with his hand shading his eyes from the lamplight. "Jane al ways, looks on the serious side of things, and I never saw her more than mile, and she always seems sorry for having done that" "Jane is a good girl," said Mrs. Gurnee, quickly, "and a very consci entious girl. Modest, earnest, proper In her behavior, and viewing life in Its true sense. She would not be pel ting young men with roses. Yet she care more- for you Morris, - than Fleece Mills does, or ever can; and Jane Is a pretty girl, Morris pretty enough to please any man's taste." i "Yes, . I think she Is pretty," an swered Morris, as it he had Just thought of ft for the first time, which was true. v' '; "And she would make a good wife, Morris."'. - ' i But Mortis had no answer to this. He arose, presently, and went to his room, and lay there thinking, think ing. His mother was growing old, he was receiving a good salary, his home was paid for, and he was twenty-six years old. It would be better all around if he should bring homo a wife. Jane Smith was a pretty and a good, girl, and he believed she cared for him, or would grow to If he asked her. She was too prudent too sedate, too regardful ot the, "proprieties," to al low herself to care tor any man until asked. Hia mother liked her; why not end the matter by asking Jane to be his wife? But Fleece oh, Fleece! laughing Fleece, Fleece, Fleece! and saying the name over softly -again and again, he fell asleep and dreamed he stood before the altar, plighting his vows to Jane Br!?; and Just as he was about to utter "I will," which would bind him forever to her. Fleece Mills pelted him In the mouth with a blood-red rose, and then stood and laughed at tils silence confusion' TOGETHER. nr.ti Dm- iu M,t elnitera. for wa'ri both grown old, you know; And wo re only a little farther a-dowa tha Sa wa ufa're'along together till the Master i-aua oe nuuie - , Te the Happy Home-Land stables, and our feet forget to roaia. .- They tell us that horses have no souls, and tney ail aeoiare 11 htw, . That shows how little they know, Old Boy, and It prove that they don't know you Well, well, 'Us a mighty question, and suite beyond but ken But the more I know of horses Ilka yon, tha leas I brag about men. You're been a good horse, Old Fellow, steady and brare and true; You hare given as faithful eerrlce dona all that a horse- could do ; You hare earned your keep ; you shall hare It ! so lire as long as you can for Justice Is justice, and right la right, whether It's a horse or man. Tlt-Blt. ' He overtook Jane Smith the next morning ashe was going to his work, and walked a few squares with her. She was pretty, with such soft black half and duskjr.eysa, and -ahe actually emllectir Him once. They passed Mr. Mitts, ana fleece was watering a hanging basket in the open window, and looked and said "Good morning," and then laughed. "What a giggling girl Fleece Mills Is!' said Jane, gravely. "She seems to think life was made for laughter, t wonder if she ever has a serious thought?" But their ways separated here, and Morris was spared a reply. Ah, well, Jane was right his mother was right Fleece was a light, vain girl, a hu man butterfly, and he was a fool to think of her. He would think of her no more. He saw a good deal of Jane Smith for a few weeks after that, and quite made up his mind to pdease ' his mother and asking Jane to be his wife, when an accident occurred. He fell from a scaffolding, and was car ried home a helpless mass of broken bones and bruises. His mother faint ed at the sight of her son borne by four strong men. Neighbors crowded in to Tender as sistance. Jane Smith came to the door. "Is that you, Jane?" she called. "Oh. come In. Tbey tell me he is not dead, only hurt and bruised. I am glad you nave come to be with me." Butane shook her. "You Trave pie. see," she will talk. TJ thrust m notn J rn She was turning to go, when some ono rushed past her Into the room. It was Fleece Mills, ail wrapped In a white shawl, her face white, her blue eyes dilated. She looked like a vision. Unmindful of the presence of any third party, she sprang to the side ot Mrs. Gurnee, and put her arms about her, the tears flowing down her cheeks. "Oh," she cried, "I am so sorry for you so sorry. Tell me, is he dead will he die? I have heard such cruel tales, a dozen different ones, on my way here." "No; Ke lives; he is terribly In jured, but he will get well; they tell me so." Then Fleece arose, and the old glad ness came back to her face, as she said: . .. "I am so glad so glad! Thank Heaven!" And then she laughed. Morris, surrounded by physicians and attendants In the next room, heard the laugh. "Who Is that?" he cried. In a clear, strong voice. "Who laughed?"' "It was I Fleece Mills," she said, and went toward the door. "Come here," he responded, "I want you. I must go through a painful operation; my shoulder is dislocated, and my limbs broken in two places. I am Internally Injured also, and I may not live through It all Come and touch my hand before you go." "But I am not going, Morris," she said, bending over him. "I came to stay,, to comfort your mother, and to be with you while you need my care. If you will let me, I will stay here while they are setting your limb. I will bold your hands, and it you look right In my eyes, I think you can en dure It" "But, my dear young lady," Inter posed the head physician, "It will be trying to strong nerves. We have for bidden his. mother the room, and If you faint or scream, It will unnerve the patient and prove fatal.1 .-.. "I shall not faint or scream," aha said quietly. iI: "But" persisted tha'physiclan, "you do not know the ordeal. We dare not administer chloroform because of his Internal troubles, and he may show such agony that you cannot endure It" '"He needs me, and I shall remain," she said. "You need not fear tor me." v '';'',.,, -f'-. --vi. ', "Ood bless you!" whispered Morris, and clung to her hands. . : It was a terrible hour, but Fleece Hills did not wince or waver. She stood at her post, white as death, but smiling bravely, and touching the suf ferer's brow with tender, cool hands. and speaking to him In low, soothing tones when the pain grew most in tense. And 'he never once took his eys from her' face. , "Yon have been very courageous, and hare helped us perform a most dangerous operation," said the 'phy sician, when the last bandage was ad. Justed,-the last bruise bathed. 'The young man will live. The only fear was that he had not vitality enough to carry him through the operation. Now that be has endured It so well, be will recover. And again Fleece laughed a ripple thr-t titled all the room and brought a sml'.a to the white face of the sufferer. "God bless that laugh!" he said, feebly. "Now go and rest, Fleece." . And as soon as Fleece- was outside the door ahe fainted dead away. Only a swoon, however, which the recov ered from readily, and was soon at her post again. ". . "How heartless of that girl to laugh In the house of suffering." said Jane Smith. "How bold of her to thrust herself upon them In such a way. . I wonder what Mrs. Qurnee thinks of her. I know Morris must be disgusted." But Morris' conversation with his fair nurse few days later did not savor of disgust ' "I have loved you so hopelessly tor a whole year," he said. "Why didn't you tell me so?" aha asked. ;. "V" -U X.; "Because I feared you would laugh at me. You were always laughing at me." l!xx:-.Txx.. r--Jh, Hera Fleece rippled Into again. laugh ; 'There, I knew you would," said Morris; "It Is Just as I expected." "But I was not laughing at your love for me," she-, said, "only at the Idea that yon would think I would laugh," and she laughed more than ever, and Morris Joined her. : "You men are so blind," she added. "I have loved you two years, and tried to make, you see It. At last I threw a blood-red rose In bloom at you, and thought surely you knew that meant love. But only tho next day I saw you passing by with pretty, black eyed Jane Smith, and I nearly died of Jealousy,." "But ' I did nor dream you would love a poor carpenter," he said. "My father was a poor caVpenter," she answered, proudly, and then addl ed, softly and reverently, "and so was the dear Savior, my Master. Why should I be ashamed to have my my husband carpenter?" And she burled her blushing face In his bosom. Morris recovered In an incredibly short space of time from his hurls and broken bones, and In a very brief time thereafter the bells rang forth his wedding chimes. "Of all the girls out of the whole world," said Mrs. Gurnee, "you have chosen the best one for a wife and for a- daughter to me." It Is said that Fleece laughed Just after the clergyman pronounced them man and wife, but I don't know how true it hv But certain It Is that the laugh Morris used to so object to has become the sweetest sound on earth to him; New York Weekly.. A DENVERITE IN BERLIN. Prussian Police and Matrimonial Ad- , ventures of Albert Adams. Arnnmerlcan gentleman named Al ans, sata to nau from Denver I been attracting the attention itertln police. A short time nm3J.rrlvto In Berlin, where oir into communi- 1th rck. Ad- prepossessing appfcalance, had far more substantial advantages, among these being sev eral gold mines,- ot which he claimed possession, an annual Income ot 175, 000 marks, and a colossal ranch, over whose Illimitable fields 15,000 to 16, 000 wild horses careered. Among the ladies on the books of the matrimonial agency was a widow Who most fascin ated the enterprising Adams. She was wealthy, a lover of adventure, and had no objection to be mistress of the Colorado ranch. Adams and the widow were engaged, and together they visited the latter's relatives, who would not understand why Ad ams never possessed any pocket money. In Hamburg he induced hia trusting fiancee to sell 20,000 marks' worth of shares and to send the pro ceeds to his London address. Whea the relatives heard of this they felt it their duty to acquaint the police, with the result that the owner ot the -Colorado gold mines' was arrested at the railway station Just "as he and his friend were about to proceed to Lon don to be married. The police have discovered, among other things, that Adams occupied an abject room In one of the poorest quarters ot the city. They have also secured tha widow's 20,000 . marks. London Telegraph. A Flood of Silver Dollar "This makes the third silver dol lar that has been given to me In change in this store this afternoon,'1 said a-man who was shopping In one ot the big department stores one day last week. . . "That la a little unusual," said the salesman. "There Is a reason for It though. The whole shopping district has been flooded with silver dollars for the last two weeks. It Is one of the results ot that run on tha Grand street savings bank, on the East Side, a short time ago. In order to check the run the officers of the Institution, knowing how absurd the .stampede was, paid off the depositors In silver; It took' considerable time to 'count the silver and it was also harder to carry away. At any rate the white metal Is thought to have had some Influence In stopping the run. "The money drawn out of the bank has been spent pretty freely. Judging from certain conditions. In the first place, the silver dollars have simply poured Into the shopping district , It looks as If the people who had been saving their money for so long had become distrustful of hanks and de cided to spend their money since they had drawn It out. That particular run, at least has been the cause of nome extravagance that hover would have been Indulged In If the people had checked out their money In the usual way." New York Press. For a Simple, Burial. Rev. Charles Wasner has been tnib. lng a deal about the simple life, but nev, rawer McLaughlin of Adams la advocating the simple burial. The grfet evil among his parishioners Is not that they are living beyond their mnens, but that -they are dying too extravagantly. -Accordingly be has placed a limit on floral offerings at funerals, on the number of backs to be used, etc., so that a poor man can actually afford to die, without consign ing his friends and relatives to a bankruptcy court; and the Adams sit uation does not exist exclusively in that town elther.-Havcrhlll Gazette. IN DEATH'S SHADOW. LOUISE MICHEL'8 ACCOUNT OP AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPERI- '' ENCE. The "Red Virgin"- Relates Her Vision of a Trip to the Ore it Beyond 8ays It Was a Real and Cruel Pain to Return to Consciousness,, In all probability each of us experi ences when dying certain ' sensations which" in the main agree, what differ ence there Is being In minor details. Last February I undertook a long lecturing tour with my friend Girault The subject which I chose to speak up on was "Prise de Possession," Ginault's being "Vera la Cite' Mellleure Each lecture was the complement ot the oth er, and could be repeated a hundred times In different forma. The tour In cluded about thirty towns in France, Corsica and. Algeria. Crossing from England, the first lectures were given in Calais, Roubalx, Tourcolng and Lalncourt In the last named town I struggled against Influenza, which seized me after a severe blizzard. At Troyes, where spent a few days, the doctor and my friends . protested against my proceeding to Chaumont where I was to deliver my next lec ture. I did not want to act contrary to their advice, and yet I felt that my will would be' weakened by yielding to their wishes. Will Is like the steel ot a sword It can be bent too much. I thought that by going to Chaumont I might be cured, for It was there that I studied, and Chaumont and Paris WAI-A ttlA ntilv InwF a f Irnaw ' im-U In nay going to Caledonia. ChV reaching Toulon I, Imagined I had conquered my illness, and It was with that .conviction that I lectured, but on returning to the Hotel Termin us; where I Iptended resting for a day or two, I felt "exhausted and It was found that the Influenza had develop ed Into congestion of the lungs. ' I rapidly sank into a condition that Is best described In the expression "la guenllle humalno" the human ' rag. Yes; it seemed ss It my body bung like a rag, and I was able to regard it as no longer belonging to me. As death approached I became mere sen sation, and compared my state to the magnetic needle seeking the north when disturbed by a cyclone. My sen ses were transposed on discharging' another's duties. I had the Impression of reading a telegram my friend Char lotte held in her hand through my fin gers. As death advanced nearer I felt more uneasiness than pain. I was gliding into the elements with two Im pressions; one, that of being carried away on a stream; the other that ot dissemination into space. I felt my being disintegrating Into tiny mole cules; as an aroma spreads itself in the air or coloring matter, In water so ,was I being dissolved In space. nmorjea ofvpnne dav returned, ith great vivldlty. In Caledonia dur ing a cyclone, when the sky and ocean were of a uniform blackness, " save where the waves- threw up their white heads to assault and storm the coast I used to cling to the rocks to resist the suction ot the tempest thinking that we ourselves must have been born of the elements. When dying I had the same Idea that I was returning to the elements from which I came. At last I could only speak with difficul ty. My voice was a mere breath, hardly capable of creating a vibration In my throat The sensation of thirst dis appeared, my limbs were as heavy as stone. Nevertheless, my spirit was quite calm, the process seemed quite natural, and my mind looked down on my body as upon a frame stretched In front of It . One wpnders whether It will be life or death, and that Is all. The world seemed so small; too small, In tact, for the human race not to be one people. I saw the different races, stretching In concentric circles around the bubble caused by Time's dropped stone. Before my eyes was a veil or fog: I could only distinguish persons in the room by their . stature, they looked like largo shadows. I had a vision of war; the field, an Immense blot of blood covered with the dying and the dead; riderless horses were stampeding away, while In the distance the battle was In full swing. Mothers, children and pld people crouched to gether abandoned; fire lit up tho ruins of their homes. Then I saw dens and caverns inhabited by wild beasts In vaded by prehistoric men, with torches in their hands. These took possession, to be In turn driven out by their suc cessors, carrying the lights of science and of art How did I return to life? I cannot say. ' I know It was a real and cruel pain to come together again, as" It were, after the molecules composing my body had been dispersed a -real pain to feel the current against me, whereas I had been floating with It Was It the sympathy coming from my friends to me combined with the good care ot Charlotte an'd the skill: of the learned Dr. Bertholet which restored me? One thing struck , men that I must try and deserve that sympathy a sympathy too large for any one per son when there are so many who die forgotten by all. ' .v In my self-study I made a mistake. My Illness seemed to me to be shoat whereas I was told It had bean long, I put It down as lasting a wtek; as a matter of fact It had lasted four. I re membered those stories In which a quarter of a century or more appeared but a few hours. !ji During my sickness over there in the Far East war was raging, for the bene fit of Russian or Japanese finances, to the glory of the Emperors. But the solidarity of the peoples Is cemented by spilt blood, and the efforts ot ty rants can no longer keep them apart If the lessons given to men by war and by the great butchers of their kind were not understood and taken to heart one would feel Inclined to be lieve men more stupid than animals. With the birth of the' twentieth cen-' tury a new era Is being ushered In ert era of peace, wherein each v.ill seek to utilize discoveries In science and creations In art for the development of broader minds and sounder ree- n tions. The late Louise Michel In on don Dally News. Thysiciana are beginning to reco3 nlzo worry as a disease, HORSE PU8HE8 NEVER PULLS. He la the Descendant Too, of Five. '-. Toed Eocene -Steads. The horse In its relation to evolution was the topic ot the lecture delivered at the museum of natural history by Henry Fairfield Osborn, Da Costa pro fessor ot zoology and a curator In the museum, says the New York Sun. In the previous lecture Prof. Osborn took a survey ot hippie ancestry as far back as the stone age, and the progenitors of the present day horse were shown to have possessed live toes on each foot Instead of the single boot horse" have nowadays. By means of excellent stereopttcon slides, Prof. Osborn pointed out the muscles about the limbs that give the horse the peculiar fore-and-aft motion which necessity for speed has develop ed at the expense of any lateral mo tion he used to possess, The modern horse, the lecturer pointed out, has developed certain tendons that his ancestor never had, in order to sus tain his Joints In such work as leap ing fences and rearing. - "Horses," said Prof. Osborn, "some times miss their vocation, Just as men do. The great horse Hambletonlan was born to trot yet he was for many years driven In a wagon as a beast of burden before his owner discovered that be was born with that particular gift that made him a great troter. A predlsposlkm to any particular facility In horses can be cultivated by proper exercise and training. But a normal heredity, normal activity and normal environment are required to produce a normal horse, though modification of heredity or variation is possible." By the aid ot a picture showing the horse pulling a burden, the lecturer pointed out the position which the frame of the laboring horse assumes. "It Is," he said, "an optical illusion to suppose that a horse pulls. He real ly never pulls. He pushes the collar to which are attached the traces which pull the load. The only way a horse could pull is by having the load tied to his tall. A horse made to push continuously develops a special articu lation of his spine. He develops spe cial muscles as a draught horse." A number of rudimentary and use less members, It was shown, still cling to the borso, relics of ages gone by, but now fallen into disuse. For in stance, there is a blender bone In the shin Out was wont to support the great toe of the horse-when h$ had one. But the toe has long since M'sappeared, and Its prop and stay is now lit process of vanishing. Yet horses with, toes are occasionally seen. "This polydactyllsm," said Professor Osborn, "is in every case a genuine revival of an ancient condition. Sueto-' nlus, the Roman historian, speak b of Caesar's horses 'that had many fingers besides the main hoof.' This was no malformation but a reversion to an earlier type." ; "Tne stereopticon rnarf then flashed upon the screen "Cllcque, the horse with six feet" and the "Homed horse from Texas." Cheque's forefeet are as If split Into two each. The horned horse has an outer "finger" on each forefoot, and an outer as well as an Inner one on each bind foot. "These vertlglal fingers," pursued the speaker, "are one of the strongest arguments for the validity of the doc trine of evolution as regards horses. Cuvler, the French naturalist, waa an accurate observer, but not an able generalizes He created a philosoph ical condition that dominated for halt a century so that Owen, the English naturalist a follower ot Cuvler, found a number of types of the eoceno horse, of the horse of the dawn of the ages, but saw no relationship between them and the modern horse. "It was Darwin who started the Idea ot the evolution ot the horse and ot all other things. He treated the sub ject synthetically. After him, succes sors like Albert Gsudry, the Trench naturalist, Huxley and Professors Jos eph Leldy and Edward D. Cope of this country rendered excellent service. In his address In 1870, Huxley predicted that It would be discovered that horses are descended from five-fingered and fire-toed ancestors. Professor Cope of Philadelphia ' prophesied similarly, Professor Marsh of Yale In the yea,fs 1871-78, In his explorations ot western Wyoming, found types of horse ad cestora with Ave and four toes." The Story of a Crest There Is a curious tradition con. oerning the almost miraculous preset1 ration ot the life ot the first Earl ot Klldare, which explains the origin of the crest used by the Offaly Gerald ines. While an infant so the record runs,' he was In the castle of Wood stock when an alarm of - fire was raised. In the confusion that ensued the child was forgotten, and on tb servants running to search for him the room In. which he lay was found In rains. Soon after a strange voice was heard In one of the towers, and looking up they saw an ape, which was usually -kept chained, ' carefully holding the child In his arms. The earl afterward, In gratitude for bis pres ervation,, adopted a monkey for bis? crest London News, ' ' V Look at the Pennies, It is often said that only the rich take care of the pennies, the poor are too busy dreaming of the $1000 bills. That is one of the reasons why some people are always poor. The substam Ual fortunes of the United States have been made froth pennies. ' A fraction of a cent on a pound ot sugar, cent or two or more a pound for nails, (row into the aggregate millions of profit which are the base for the bil lions of stock capitalization. A cent a pound is more than the most ex treme fluctuation in the wholesale price of iron and steel, more than the difference between riches and bank ruptcy In a great Industry. , Thesa savings are as possible to the average man as to the trust magnates. New Feeding Bottle Directions. The Inventor of a new'feedlng bot tle tor Infanta, sent out the following among his directions for using: "When the baby Is done drlpklng it must be unscrewed, and laid in a cool place under the hydrant. If tho baby does not thrive on fresh milk It should be boiled." Collier's We'V ly. ' ' , THE PULPIT. KH ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY ' BISHOP D. A. COODSELL. . Saldeet t rbe Fae of Cbrlit. Brooklyn, N. Y. A very large audi race filled the Tabernacle Sunday to listen to Bishop D. A. Goodsell. His subject was "The Face of Christ" The txt was from II. Corinthians lvaU: "The tflory of God In the face of Jesus Christ." Bishop Goodsaj said lu the course of his sermon: As you read the Bible both In tbe Old and New Testaments you are Im pressed with tbe great number of times which the word "face" is used. When you travel in Eastern lands you find that this word is used far more often and in many different relations tunong the Eastern people than we our selves are accustomed to use it This word face is used in reference to a man's wbole character, I am told, everywhere in the East, and we have a great many traces of It In tbe Bible; and now when we come to think ot it Isn't It true that we are accustomed to recognize each other more by the face than by any other one thing. Is it not wonderful that upon tbe few elements In the face, the forehead, tbe eyes, nose, mouth and chin there should be such an infinite variety of expression stamped l U10 great Cre ator? . - -There Is a general conviction among us that the face villi work out the Inner character, so that whatever may be tbe beginning ot life when we have lived wltb ourselves a long time we will be pretty apt to show upon our faces what kind of a person we haTe lived with. It Is Impossible for any person to give way to avarice without showing It on their face. If he bad tin open face once It will change; and so the man who gives way to the forces of passion, whether he gives way to lust or whether be gives way to drink, or whether lie gives way to appetite for food, it will show out on his face. We write upon our faces what we live with and no man can wear a mask so completely that those who Ore wise In these things are not able to read be hind the mask. Now, whnt one Is there among us that has not desired again and again to have lived when the face of Jeans Christ could have been seen. I think there Is no devout soul that In bis trouble has not said, Ob. that I could look Into my Master's face. Ob, that I could," live as the little children did, "have rested my bead against His breast ana Dave neara ttnu say to me as He said to them, 'Suffer them to come.' " You can (scarcely go into n Christian home to-day where Christian education has presided where there is not at least one or more representations of the face of Jesns Christ. I have observed according to our experiences, accord ing to our wants, we fttstcn upon the Krepreseutations of Jesus Christ's face tlittt. are most satisfying to us, most flttlnoA Bo that- if we are under deep penitence t sin, we are apt to have the face of tSeMlufferlng Christ upon the Cross, and lsorrows of the world JiwM-burl hearts, we will carrv ther fk. -he thorn crowned Christ hove dwelt upoB strength, in His power, in His resist a nee to evil, In the calm majesty of one who knows be Is Innocent, we would most likely have the picture of Christ before Pilate. From tbe days of the Catacombs up to tbe present time, men have been trying to put Christ's face before humanity, and why? Because all souls In their greater moments, in their spiritual moments, and therefore In their religious uio nionts, would like to have Him brought near by. They would like to have Him made more real. The best thing Is to so carry Jesus Christ In our heart that we shall see Him and behold the glory of God In the face ot Jesus Christ. The actual picture must remain the same. We may study it, we may un derstand its history, It is not at all probable. that any one Is going to see in a moment what it tffok the artist yeors to produce, thougb this may hap pen. But as we grow spiritually it is possible for us by spiritual sight to bebold our Lord, to behold Him more clearly as the years go on. When we study this one word, tbe Word face, we find that it stands relat ed to three -great facts and to none other that I know of, and these three facts are, first, revelation, then In spiration and finally reward. This ir exactly what tbe Apostle means by this text, Hist he who studies the face of Jesus Christ, he who enlarges his vision by spiritual Imagination, will have tbe revelation ot the divine truth come to him. For do we not know that Jesus came to reveal God to us, to re veal God to a world in which the dim eye of sin could but Imperfectly see Him. But the trouble Is that our eyes see as we are educated to tee. I have often noticed while passing along tbe street that a man 1 usually inter ested In. the trade he represents. " If he was a batter, he looked at my hat; if he was a tailor be looked at my clothes; it he was a shoemaker he looked at my shoes; if he was a boot black he looked to see whether they were muddy or not, and so our vision Is trained by what we are doing, by what we are thinking. If our eyes are trained only to the things of time, then all the beauty that we see Is in the things of time, but by using these as stepping stones to something higher and nobler, then we see by tbe power of God's revelation that there la a God here In this world, and that He is ruling the world In tha interest of Jesus Christ, . - . I believe that you : would have thought yourself victims of fate If you had not been taught by Jesus Christ the doctrine of divine fatherhood. Yon would have thought -perhaps that this world was made by chance It yon had not seen Hint standing In tbe stern of the ship and saying to the troubled waves, "Peace, be still." But because He bat come, because He has passed through alt tbe phases of our life from Infancy to maturity, because He has been tempted, because He sub mitted to wrong In order that He might do it great and holy work, be cause Ho has given the. most perfect example of what humanity ought to be under alt phases and circumstances, because He is here and was God manifested In tbe flesh, we. His bre' ren hi tbe creatiou, and we, His breth ren in the redemption of tbe cross, know tbat we are dear to Ood, for God so loved tbe world that He gave His only begotten Bon to die for us. I have to travel a good deal In my work, as you know. Very often 1 wake early In the montlng, and lift the cur tain of my sleeping car that I may see where we aro, and whnt the pros pects are. Sometimes It is clouded, sometimes it la-elear. There are pools in tbe ditches beside the tracks, or perhaps we are running alongside tbe lake and I look atie lake and ont there I can see things mirrored. It h it been a great pleasure to me some 1 fc itomclsr it H r ef Christ In His times to pick out the stars. Why there Is Orion and there Is Slrlus, there Is tbe big dipper and there is Jupiter and there is Venus, tbe morning star, and there is Mars. I didn't bsve to look up, I looked down and saw It reflected. And then I would see the round orb of the morn and I could see what pbase of tbe moon was on by looking down as I could by looking above. Then I have seen tbe wind set tbe glassy surface Into waves, and It would be only belts ot broken light That Is the way it is in human society. We are looking down upon the world which reflects human weaknesses, human sin, human passions. Th -re isn't a glassy place to reflect tbe glory ot Christ In, There are all kinds of passions at work and the best tbat we can see is the ruffled surface of humanity, but I see bars of light tbat are on the surface, then, when I look up I tee the glorious Christ. Now, finally, the glory ot God in the face of Jesus Cbrist Is revealed, not only as a revelation, not only for in spiration, but for reward. How full the New Testament Is ot this idea tbat tbe sight of Jesus Christ shnll be tho reward of the saint and the Old .Testa ment too: "My eyes sbnll see the King in His beauty," "We shall be sat isfied wben we wake in His likeness," "We shall see Him and know Him as He is." - How many more passages does your memory bring up out of your religious education that teach this doc trine? We who are here this morning, it we believe fn God we shall qot only see those who have gone before, who have been In our homes, but the great am bition of a devoted soul will be gratl-ficd-we shall see God. blessed aro the pttro In heart, for they shnll see God. According to the measure of our Inward purity do we seem to see God here. When we shall, by the washing ot regeneration and tbe renewal of our hearts and the sanctlflcatlon of our spirit, until we can soy the Lord hath made me whiter than snow. We walk with Him, our band is in His band and our head is on His bosotn. He carries us when we are weak, as a shepherd carries the lamb. He hetrls our disease, He com forts us In our sorrows. Ho Is In our homes wben we are there, In our shops when we are there, In the streets when we ore walking, on the sea when wo are sailing. We shall sec Christ, not in His hu miliation, but In His exaltation; not as a babe In the manger, but ns a king of tho universe; not as humbled be fore Pilate, but as ruling all things end Judging ail things. I believe in. heaven because I believe In God. I do not know where It Is, I think that I am convinced that It is a eondltlon rather than n place. This Is shown by the parable of Dives and Lazarus, one in paradise and one in hell, yet they could talk across the gulf. Tbat must have been moral rather than physical. But 1 tin not know that if tiod is everywhere, my soul shnll soar through space and lind Him everywhere. It may be that heaven Is everywhere, as God 1 every where to the devout soul. Getting at Life's Tallies. . Things that come easily nre not of much valuta atloTTTteeNjfow a&t-flfl-.nCiWi noteworthy accomplish ment. It is wheu the pressure of life ts at Its highest, perhaps close to tbe breaking point, that results usually count for most. That time that we are looking forward to, when this present 'grinding pressure will be off and we shall have nu opportunity to do some thing, is not likely to record nearly as good work as wo are doing under friction and stress. Those particles of carbon might have been nothing more than cool or graphite If consum ing heat and enormous pressure had not crystallized them Into n diamond. If such a weight Is Just now upon ns, let us rejoice at the opportunity we have for getting at the precious things of life.-S. S. Times. v The Bible. Alone it has civilized whole nations. It Is the one book that can fully lead forth tbe richest and deepest and sweetest things In mnn's nature. Read all other books philosophy, poetry, history, fiction but if you would re fine the Judgment, fertilize the reason, wing the Imagination, attain unto the finest " womanhood or the sturdiest manhood, read this book, reverently and prayerfully, until Its truths have dissolved like Iron luto tbe blood. It ton have no time, make time and read. The book Daniel Webster placed under his pillow when dying Is tbo book all should carry iu the band while llvlng.-Newell D. Hillls. New York's Odd Thermometer. New York city unconsciously pro vides an odd , thermometer tor loungers In Madison Square. This Is the geyser-action fountain, which sends up a spurt ot water every five seconds Or sa In the summer its spray" reaches a hefght of fifteen or twenty feet nd on the hottest days the bench warmers, who sit about It can almost Imagine themselves cool. As the weather gets colder the spurt becomes more and "more subdued. Af ter frosty night It is scarcely more than an occasional heaving mound In the center ot the pool. - As the varia tion la given three to four inches tor each degree, an old stager In the park with a keen eye can Judge the tem perature from It with remarkable a curacy, seldom erring more than two degrees from the official mark. Eskimo Mssks. ' Thibetans have thr most proton Uous and grotesque masks, which an .;L-i used Id their religious ceremonies, and the custom even extends to the far Islands ot the South seas. Prom these tropical waters to the white wastes ot the frozen north Is a far cry, yet there Is a similarity between th masks ot the Malay tribes and those ot the Eskimos which seems to link these faraway peoples.- Herewith it given the picture ot an Eskimo mask, front and rear. It la fairly Indicative ot the artistic feeling In these odd people, and, while primitive, has In It something of a higher promise. Werk te Make Pound of Honey. It is estimated that to colloct one lound ot honey from clover 62.000,000 beads of clover must be deprived of nectar, and 8,750,009 yW fr'"tl h tnunt- be mtulcs. THE TRIUMPHANT FEMININE. 'These are touch days for the he-eex These are the times whea It's shown That man Is a weak, helplms ereatura, Too feeble to stand up slouel Woman la fragile, they tell us, " Clinging, dependent oa man ' Frail as a reed in a tempest, ' ' Frail aa the sticks of a fan I ' But nowadays, aa yon will notice, Wonien financially thrive, Deeplte tble mnch-talked-of frailness. By skinning he-ereaturea alive 1 Hardly a day but you'll read of Things which can scarce be nelleved-v Ho.w. we.l,hr ' codgers by women M I pelf by the ton are relieved 1 . Maybe the women are feeble ; But still, you will notice, they win v The guarded shekels of rich men Where an army couldn't break Int ' Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. JUST FOR FUN Clara Didn't you consider the duke a good bargain? Maude Why, no; he was little more than a remnant. Life. i' "Is she sentimental!" "Very! 8he will even weep over her old divorce papers." Judge. "Any changes In autos beyond side door and backstoop?" "Yes, we are putting In a conservatory, this year." Motoring and Boating. "We've struck a. great scheme to raise the church debt." "What Is it!" "we re going to let the inside' space ri for high-class advertising." Broojtlyn "J Life. She And you say you want to mar ry me? He Yes, I do. Well, you must ask my mother first. But sup pose she accepts me! Yonkers States man. "Dey ain't no slch thing ez gittln', married In heaven." "Course dey ain't. Don't de Bible tell you it's a place or peace en rest?" Atlanta Con- stitution. v- 0-- Blox I've got an old score to settlo with Spotklns. Knox Yes, he was telling me tho other day that you had owed him $20 for quite a long time. Chicago Daily News. . "I heard you make use of the word 'Jackass,' sir; did you apply It to me? "No, sir, I didn't. You don't imagine you are the only Jackass in the world, do you?" Cleveland Leader. Customer Look here, can't you paint up the bottom of my auto and make- it look more presentable ' Agent What for? Well, that's what I have to gaze at most of the time. Life. Mr. Fresch Sir, I'm looking for a situation. Merchant There's nothing for you to do here. Mr. Fresch Dee-lighted! How much a week Will you give for doing it? Philadelphia Ledger, Customer-XoviutW you'd finish that Job If you bad to, stay up all night to do It. Dealer (snappishly) Well, I didn't have to stay up all night This is a free country. Philadelphia Ledger. Teacher (trying to. teach the mean ing ot the long, bard word "phlegmat ic") And when people take every thing easily, we say they are what? Little Johnnie Brltebol Kleptoman iacs. Baltimore American. "Did you spend money to get into- 4 public office?" "No," answered Sen ator Sorghum. "I didn't spend It I gave it away and then depended on a decent sense of gratitude In the ben eficiaries." Washington Star. Tommy Pa, I Bmoked your pipe to day. Pa What? Tommy You said It would make me sick, but It dldn t Pa You misunderstood me, my son, I said I'd make you sick. Jinnd me that strap. Philadelphia Pri Torn Townsend Madam, havV you got any clothes dat . Mrs. Farmer No! I can't give you anything. Torn TownBend I didn't ask yer ter give me anything,. I'm no beggar, Wot I wanted ter dp was tor swap. Puck. i Falr Devotee I don't see any way v to raise our church debt except to have a lottOry. Minister (shocked) That will never have my sanction, madam, never, unless you call It by gome other name. New York Week ly. " :v--.vV.r '. Monahan 'TIs always th' unlxplct- ed thot happens. Whin 01 went home- full laaht nolght, 01 txpltjted nre wolfe X would hit me wid a poker. Mulhearn J An" she didn't! Monahan No; she , hit me wid 'th' . flatiron an' pianny. sthool. Judge. ' - "Senatorial courtesy Is a great thing," said the dignified man. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum; "so long as they dont carry It so far as to re autre us to' sit and listen to one an- , other's speeohes all the way through." Washington Star. . - - : , Jack Remember that Dolly Dur ham I used to be ap smlUenw1th? She's ' engaged. Ta,cTrr , , . Who Is' the lucky man? Jack 1 am Dick What are you going to marry V-. her? Jack No, it's the other fellow. Cleveland Leader. , " yf s 3 The Prospective Better Half But seriously, George, am I the only girl that He Now, Amy dear, don't ask It you are the only girl that I ever loved. You know as well as The Prospective Better Half I wasn't go ing to, George. I started to ask, "Am I the only girl that would have you?" -Puck. . Mr. Stubbles-Kate; I really believe you think more of your dog than you do of your husband, t think I have reason to be Jealous. Mrs. Stubble How foolish ot you,' George! You know well enough that Tony and you are not In the same class. ,Truly, I think as much ot you as a woman can be expected to think of her hus band. Boston Transcript , : - Educated by Our Mistake. It Is weak to decry popular gov ernment because of mistakes or be cause ot fraud. There can be less corruption where the people them selves are always ou the alert to look for It than where the control Is in the hands of a few whose ofllfce Is ai tured and permanent. There rny more mistakes in a government ly !o people, but these sama mistakes are an education to the people, all tho tjnio fitting tbcm more and more fur St Kvwueut Chlwe Cfcronk!'!, 1 ( f