PRESS,
VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. CL WEDNESDAY. MAY 24, 1905.
MJMIJEK 21
TKS FRANKLIN
THE OLD WAY.
By Mathew
London, June 23. The brig Clio,
from Zanzibar, brings intelligence
whicflif true, will be of deep Import
to the members ot the Geographical
society. The news concerns Arthur
Marquand, who went out to Africa
with the Jarvis Hook expedition ten
years ago, was lost in the jungle and
has never been heard from Blnce. The
Clio's captain declares that Marquand
has been held in captivity by a tribe
of Somalia and succeeded not long
since in escaping. Capt Davidson's in
formation comes through several
hands, but as near as can be made out
Marquand, If it was he, made his way
to the coast and constructed a rude
craft, on which he fearlessly embarked
amid the breakers and was picked up
by some vessel, name and destination
unknown. Of course a report of this
sort is very vague, and the only rea
son for supposing the man to be Mar
quand is that this person was a white
man and came from a point somewhere
near the scene of Marquand's disap
pearance. The arrival of ships from
Southeast Africa at both English and
American ports will be attended with
Onustial interest during the next few
Weeks.
Arthur Marquand was a native of
Massachusetts and was the youngest
Oiember of the Jarvis Hook expedition,
being only twenty-three when he sailed
with It. it will be remembered that
the expedition returned four years
later with some important data for the
Geographical society and with the loss
of five men out of the original sixteen,
four of thein by fever and one this
Marquand by disappearance.
The foregoing item, printed among
the foreign dispatches in a Boston pa
per, was read with varying degrees of
intorest by those under whose notice
it cams. But as it was not tucked
away at the bottom of the column,
seemingly in the capacity of a "filler,"
it did not make a very deep lmpre33lon
on the general public.
But there was one home where it was
read with ejes that seemed to devour
the words as a famished man devours
bread. This homo was a Btately man
sion in a Massachusetts town ; the
reader was a woman past her youth,
but still beautiful. Around her were
all the accessories of comfort and lux
ury that wealth could supply; but her
gown was somlxT and on her face,
faintly perceptible even through Its
lines of beauty, were traces of suffer
ing. .
She was sitting at a dainty breakfast
table. She had nicked ud the naper
languidly as if impelled to glance
custom rather than doirrreT It
Pure3tctaethiK.8he had
the item already
quoted. ,
When she had read it through with
bosom heaving and fingers that had
suddenly become so nervous that the
sheet slipped from them and fell with
a rattling of paper to the floor, her
lips partod and she gave one cry:
"Arthur!"
Her companion at the table "was a
woman several years younger than her
self. While waiting for the hostess to
give the signal to rise she had been
idly toying with her coffee spoon and
watching two coquetting robins
through the window. Now she rose
hastily and ran around to kneel beside
her friend and peer with terror-stricken
eyes Into the face that had grown
suddenly pale.
to ltT What has happened?"
The other opened her eyes, stretched
out her arms, and as the younger wom
an allowed herself to be folded into
their embrace for an instant, the first
exclaimed:
"Oh," Arthur is alive. I know it is
he. I always knew that he was not
dead, that he would come back!"
Rose Marquand leaned over and
picked up the newspaper. Her hands
were trembling. She could not find the
place. Then she gave it up and folding
Owendolin in her arms once more pro
ceeded to laugh and cry In the fashion
most women have when their emotions
are deeply roused.
For Rose was Arthur Marquand's
wife, true to him during all these years
iOf separation and silence, a silence that
perchance some women would have
construed as synonymous with death.
', But Gwendoline eyes were not blind
ed by lovellght. Rose was her oldest
friend; they had been schoolgirls to
gether, and Bhe had recently come to
make a long visit to the lonely woman
who had refused to be wholly com
forted for her loss. Now, when Gwen
dolln had read the Item and knew the
very slender basis on which the hope
of Arthur's return rested, she felt that
In some way she must contrive to pre
vent the wire from building too lofty a
superstructure on this frail foundation.
But she might as well have attempt
ed to extinguish the source of the sun
shine that was pouring in at the win
dow. Rose was already excitedly turn
ing the paper this way and that In
search of the marine news.
"Look, look here, Gwen!" she tried
after a moment, pointing triumphantly
to a single line In diminutive type,
It was under the beading "Port ot
New York" and read simply:
- "Bark Juno (Ba.), Stevens, Zanzi
bar, April 11, with Ivory to C F.
Grote; teasel to master."
"Don't, you see, Owen!"" cried the
happy woman. "He may have come
on the Juno. I may gel a telegram
any minute. He may be here this very
day. Quick, Gwen, And a time table;
In the library or up In my room, any
' where, somewhere, I must see what Is
the first train he could take to bring
him here."
By this time Owendolin herself be
gan to be .Infected with hope. Oh, If
It could only be true, she thought!
Rose's life had seemed so incomplete;
and her womanhood had budded with
promise of such perfect happiness and
Joy.' For if ever a love match was
made It was that between Rose Gray
son and Arthur Marquand. Rose lived
with her parents in this very home,
the most Imposing In the townr where
Arthur bad come as a. college boy and
White, Jr.
whence he had gone away, at the end
of four years, on his wedding journey.
Gwen recalled now-as she hurried
from room to room In search of that
time table, how stern his father had
been with him for his haste, a stern
ness that, more than anything else,
had fired Arthur with the determl
tlon and show the world that it was
not all of life to do simply the bidding
of the woman be loved. For Rose had
bitterly opposed his going. And this
fact had added poignancy to her grief
the memory that she may have part
ed with him without , giving him
a heartfelt "Godspeed" tor his journey.
His disappearance she liad come to
lool: upon as her punishment
At last the time table was found, and
the afternoon was spent by the two in
poring over it and driving back and
forth to the station to see if any tele
gram bad come. But even the absenco
of messages inspired Rose with re
newed hope. She was possessed with a
strange, unaccountable premonition
that she would see her husband that
day.
"He wants to surprise me," she told
Gwen. ' "He will be here on that last
train tonight. The ship may have
been detained at Quarantine, you
know. Oh, my dear, my dear, I am so
happy!"
Owendolin trembled for her. What
conseauences might not disannolnt-
ment bring? They had already sefftT
dispatches to "Captain Stevens" and
"C. F. Grote," asking If Arthur Mar
quand had come on the Juno. But
there was still no reply to either. And
yet this .diminished not one whit
Rose's confidence.
"There is flo answer," she said, "be
cause we bad nothing but the names
to which to send messages. Arthur
will come on the nine-twenty tonight"
Owendolin went with her to the sta
tion in the carriage to meet the train,
they waited for fifteen minutes beyond
the time, then the the station agent
came out and told them a freight
wreck on the road would delay the
express probably till past midnight
I sJiaJl slt--up-tll!.bj-comcsosetlrrlTfeTher as sherBfltod-tat it was
announced, when they had reached
home again.
"Then let me stay with you," ploaded
Gwendolln "at least till you hear him
coming."
"Well, you may stay a little while,
Gwen. Then I shall send you to bed,
and let the servants go, too. It It
will be like the old days to meet him
here In this room where we used to
sUand talk uefpre we knew It was
love tftTtTTIrew usnrtach. other. I
suppose, though, he will be, greatly
changed outwardly. Think of that
captivity among savages! Oh, Arthur,
my husband, what you must have suf
fered! But it will all be made up to
you now. Hark, what Is that, Gwen?"
"Nothing, Rose, but rain. Didn't you
notice the clouds as we drove home?"
"Thon I must havo John go back
wita the carriage, and I can go with
him."
"No, no, dear," entreated Gwendolln.
"It's only a shower. See, the moon is
out, again;" and she went to the win
dow and flung open the shutters.
"Beautiful!" murmured Rose, as she
came over to stand beside her. "Go to
bed now, Gwen. This Is just the sort
of night it was when Arthur told me
he loved me. There, I will turn out
the lamp and have the moonlight for
company. Let them all go to bed. I
will wait for Arth-ir here."
With many misgivings Gwendolln
obeyed. Rose had reached a state
where she dared nqt cross her. But
what would the morning see?
"If Arthur had come on that Bhlp
Rose would surely have heard of It by
this time," Gwendolln told herself; and
when she reached her room she did not
prepare for bed, but took up a book,
wbich she did not open, and sat down
to think and listen and plan.
When Qwendolin had gone Rose
walked back to the window, and lean
ing her head against one of the heavy
curtains, looked out over the smooth
lawn towards the gateway. AH was
still, save for i a faint drip of water
from the piazza roof. The odor of
roses was borne In from the bush just
outside; the moonlight, stealing in with
it, seemed to revel in the luxuriousness
of the apartment It had found. Ten
strokes from the tall clock In the cor
ner caused the figure In the window to
start suddenly and then to give a little
sigh, as another searching glance over
lawn and graveled driveway failed to
reveal the longed for apparition,
She left the window and walked
slowly back to a large easy chair near
the center table. (She sank into this,
and with her eyes on the clock lUtened
and waited.
The big clock ticked the minutes
away, otherwise there Is naught to dis
turb the brooding quiet of the night
Suddenly the stillness Is shattered by
the whistle of a locomotive. The
woman who has so patiently waited
starts up with a tremor running
through her nerves.
"He will be here In a few minutes
now," Bhe tells herself,- and wonders
that she has the calmness to frame a
connected thought
She forces herself to sit still for five
minutes longer, then rises and hurries
out' Into the hall to open the front door.
But just as she reaches It she hears a
sound in the room she haa left.
Turning quickly she sees a figure
framed by the library window. The
shutters are still standing open to let
the moonlight In.
"It .Is Arthur," Is her instant thought.
"He has corns In the old way to sun
prise me." "
A few quick steps take her back into
the library. A low, glad cry of "Ar
thur!" escapes her lips. She Is about
to fling herself into his arms, when he
makes a dash forward and seizes her
wrist in a grip of Iron. , '
"One whimper and " The cold
barrel of a revolver against her fore
head finishes the sentence.
The voice tails on the woman's
heart like the knell of doom not for
the threat which the words convey,
but for the hopes deceived which It
emphasizes. It is not Arthur! In an
Instant the whole fabric ot her fond
imagining falls In ruins "at her feet
Her husband Is not coming back to
her; he does not live; it is all a de
lusion for which this rude awakening
Is but a fitting climax! , '
She opens her lips to cry out, not
for aid, but in very agony of disap
pointment But before a sound can
come forth a hand Is placed. over her
mouth, the grasp in which Is held
tightens and the same brutal voice bids
her be silent or die.
But Rose Is not afraid ot death. In
deed, what has she to live for now?
How can she steel herself once more
to endure existence without him who
was its end and aim to her? If this
hateful hand were only once removed
she would scream out In very defiance
of Its owner. Then he would kill her,
and then there would be no more dis
appointment for her
All these thoughts flashed through
Rose Marquand's brain in a second ot
time. Then she began to struggle
with all the strength of one made des
perate.' One hand was necessary to
keep her mute, the man was hampered
In his ability to hold her, and In an in
stant later she-writhed away from the
palm across her lips. One piercing
shout she sent up, but the robber's
other was still about her, the arm that
held the pistol.
She saw this presented now at her
forehead, as she fell crouching on the
floor; saw in the moonlight the look
of demoniacal determination with
which the man placed his finger on the
trigger. But she thought of Arthur
and felt no fear."
Then there was a report, a flashing
of something that was not smoke nor
fire, before her eyes, a rush of people
into the room, lights, and Arthur
bending over her, really Arthur this
time, look not so very unlike his old
self.
"And is this heaven, dear?" she
whispered, from the shelter of his
arms.
"No, Rose, not with such as that so
near at hand," he replied, with a
glance at the form of the burglar lying
on the floor, with the coachman and
gardener binding him to helplessness.
"Then you did come on the Jujo,"
Rose went on. "You wanted to sur
prise me, and if"
She shuddered and would have
burled her face in her hands, but Ar
thur took it tenderly between both of
his, and a sweeter happiness than ever
her husband who had come
old way," after all, Just In
knock the villain's pistol up
her life, thus making it his
reservedly even than of yore,
QUAINT AND CURIO
It Is said that over $1,000,01
of diamonds are stolen from
mond mines in South Afrl
year.
A parade was
nila, and among the civic bodies 'that
marched were the official rat catchers.
They all carried their rat traps In
their hands.
There Is a belief among the South
Sea islanders that no man can enter
paradise who has lost a limb. For this
reason It sometimes happens that a
man will choose to die rather than
submit to amputation.
The Krupp company at Essen, Ger
many, Is making field guns of paper
now, and it is said that they are about
half the weight of the steel guns, and
are nearly as powerful, and have
nearly the same length of life.'
After many years of trials the Intro
duction ot rubber In a commercial
sense has been established in Hawaii.
Six years ago a rubber plantation was
started at Nahlku, but little had been
heard of the venture until recently.
Now the trees have been found In a
condition to produce rubber, and the
work of gathering sap probably will
soon begin.
A now vegetable has been introduced
into France by M. Labergerie, and M.
G. Bonnier has reported on It to the
Academy of Science. It is a species of
wild potato which grows where there
is plenty ot moisture, while the ordi
nary potato does better in dry soil.
The plant is a native of Uruguay, and
the species which M. Labergerie Is cul
tivating is known as the Solanum
Oommetanl, and will yield more than
ninety thousand pounds an acre on
ground which suits it
Richard Strutt a son ot Lord Ray
leigh, has invented a clock that will
run for two thousand years. The mo
tive power is a small piece of gold leaf,
which Is electrified by means of a very
small quantity of radium salt' The
gold leaf bends away from the metal
substance and keeps moving under
this Influence until It touches the side
of the containing vessel. At the mo
ment of contact it loses Its electrical
charge and then Springs back and 1s
again electrified, and the process is re
peated. It Is thought that a thorough
ly reliable clock could be made with
the use of radium salt for $1000.
Tyranny Comes High, i
All told, Russia has 06 grand dukes,
counting the members of the imperial
family; the czar's uncles and brothers
receive an annual pension of 4,000,0v
rubles each. "
From the day of his birth a grand
duke's ctrild becomes entitled to an
annual pension 1,000,000 rubles If a
boy, 600,000 rubles lfagtrl. The rev
enue ot the existing grand dukes ex
empt from all taxation amounts to a
grand total of fourteen millions.
To nationalize the country would
mean the wiping out of the , entire
debt of Russia and relieve the country
of all taxation for a year, without dim
inishing the normal expenditures.
When the Czar Nicholas married,
the danseuse Kozccslnskala, who was
charged with amusing his leisure mo
ments, .received, as a present 4,000,
000 rubles and a palaco. Le Crle de
Paris.
A. harpsichord maker, Crtstoforl, in
the employ of thd Duke of Tuscany,
In 1711, made the first successful plana
Two pianos ot his workmanship art
still In existence.
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INDIANS AND THE BOW.
WONDERFUL 8TORIE3 OF THEIR
SKILL AS MARK8MEN.
they Frequently Sent Their Arrows
, Completely Through the Bodies of
Animals at Which They Shot
Wounded Spaniards Through Their
'Armor.
A correspondent who signs himself
"Early Settler" recently came out in
an eastern Kansas newspaper with a
communication which purported to be
a narrative ot personal pioneer expert
enccs and observations, but which was,
for the most part, if not wholly, an ef
fusion ot fanciful Ideas. For Instance,
among other equally misleading state
ments, was the following:
"The prevailing Idea regarding the
effectiveness of the Indian with bis
bow and arrow is extremely erroneous.
In the early days In Kansas I have
seen a band of Indians armed with
bows and arrows surround a buffalo
and literally fill his hide with arrows,
indeed to the extent that he presented
the appearance of a mammoth porcu
pine. But none ot these arrows seemed
to penetrate to a sufficient depth to kill
the beast or even disable him to any
perceptible degree, and be was not con
quered until he was actually overcome
from exhaustion of the chase."
I shall not accuse this "Early Set
tler" or being an anonymous Ananias,
for it may be that he has a very vivid
Imagination, or else a defective mem
ory; nor could It have been that the
particular tribe ot Indiana to which
he refers was so exceedingly deficient
in the art of archery. This art was
the one above all others that was
thoroughly mastered by the American
Indian as a race. .The youthful mind
was, from the start imbued with the
importance and necessity of this par
ticular accomplishment and to "teach
the young Idea how to shoot" with the
bow and arrow was the elementary
principle of the aboriginal education.
"So great," says Dorsey, "was their
skill in archery that they frequently
sent their arrows completely through
the bodies of animals at which they
shot."- Major John Dougherty heard
that in some Instances the arrows were
gent with such force that they not only
passed entirely through the bodies of
the buffaloes, but even went flying
through the air or fell to the ground
beyond the animals. Another author
ity -says:
"From his horse at full gallop tho
Indian will shoot 15 or 20 arrows a
minute at flying bufTaloes, all with
sure aim and deadly effect" Wash-
n Irving says that frequently a
lo cow was killed on the spot by
le arrow; and Capt Bonneville,
nstance, saw an Indian shoot
mpletely through the body
that It struck in the
During the famous
ne Alexis, ot Rus-
ala, on the westernftlalns, Twu-fcailce,
an Indian chief, seiK"L-tfrfow clear
through a bison, the DTKe retaining It
as a souvenir ot his hunt Francis
Park man carried home a similar souve
nir from the plains. In his "California
and Oregon Trail" be describes a big
buffalo hunt In which the Indians took
part He telle about seeing an Indian
alighting from his horse by the side
of a buffalo cow he had killed. "Rid
ing up to him," says Parkman, "I
found him In the act of drawing out
an arrow which, with the exception of
the notch at the end, had entirely dis
appeared In the animal. I asked him
to give it to me, and I still retain it as
a proof, though by no means the most
striking one that could be offered, of
the force and dexterity with which the
Indians discharge their arrows."
Charles Augustus Murray, while travel
ling in the west In the early '30s, saw
the Indians on the plains send their
arrows into the buffaloes to the feath
ers, and in some instances even bury
ing a portion of the feathers in the
flesh. : '
A Capt. Williams, of Missouri, In his
journal of an expedition on the plains
in 1807, published by David H. Coyner
in Cincinnati, in 1847, describes a buf
falo hunt by the Kansas Indians, in
which he says: "A single arrow In sev
eral Instances would despatch a large
bull, and when the carcass was opened
by the Indians to get the arrows they
were found to have passed from the
flank obliquely through the body and
lodged against some of the bones on
the other side. It Is common for an
arrow to pass completely through the
body when not striking a bone." The
Rev. Samuel Allls, a missionary among
the western Indians, who often ac
companied them on their buffalo hunts,
says: They often make a charge on
a herd ot 1000 or 1200, killing 400 or
500 at one surround'. An Indian knows
when he shoots a buffalo In the heart;
be often does It at the first shot"
Buell'a "History ot the Plains" says:
"The bow Is the natural weapon ot
the wild tribes of the west At short
distances It Is a terribly effective arm,
and the Indian expert can seize five to
ten arrows In his left hand and de
spatch them with such rapidity that
the last one will be on Its flight before
the first one touches the ground. In
close (quarters' tbey prefer to rely on It
to depending on the rifle1, as It can be
ot deadly force at from 30 to 40 yards,
and creating a bad wound at a much
greater distance. '. In buffalo bunting,
where the horseman can approach
near, It is invaluable and economic,
and Is often burled to the feathers." .
In the chronicles of the Coronado ex
pedition we find it stated of the plains
Indians that in war and the chase they
used the bow and arrow with great
skill. On one occasion an Indian was
seen to shoot a ' buffalo bull right
through both shoulders with an ar
row, "which," the narrator added
"would be a good shot for a musket"
Cabeca de Vaca, the early Spanish ex
plorer, - in his narratives printed in
1642, says of the Indiana whom he en
countered in this country : "They are
all archers. The bows they use are as
thick as the arm and of 11 or 12 palms
in length, which they discharge at 200
paces with so great exactness that
they never miss." .-1 ' a
In one conflict some of De Vaca's men
were wounded. ."We found them," he
declares, "traversed from side to side
by arrows, and although some had on
good armor, It did not afford sufficient
protection against the nice and pow
erful archery of which I have sooken."
Some of his men that day swore that
they had seen two oaks, each as thick
as the lower part of the leg, pierced
through from side to side by arrows,
and De Vaca himself saw "an arrow
that had entered the foot of an elm
the depth of a palm." "The buffalo or
bear could not withstand the fatal ef
fect of these well-directed shafts," he
concludes. Kansas City Journal,
THE HE-8AID 01 RL.
sometimes Nature Makes a Fins Wo
man of Her, But Rarely.
Did you ever notice a group of lit
tle girls between the ages ot 14 and 18
chatting away in a corner? The next
time you sit near such a group listen
and "hear if about every tenth word
Is about what "he said." If it is, you
have found some more of the "he-said"
girls, and they are not the nicest lit
tle girls in Ote world. The "he-sald"
girls are likely to loiter down town
after school too late to help their
mothers with the afternoon work.
They are likely to wear a little bet
ter clothes than their fathers can af
ford, so that the. neighbors wonder
what their mothers can be thinking
about. The "he-said" girls also too
often think more of the boys than ot
their books, and frequently fail to get
through school. They are In for a
good time, and have nothing in their
heads but hairpins and two-steps.
Sometimes nature takes a girl out
of the "he-said" family and makes a
fine woman of her, but generally she
gets to going out to parties and t de
veloped before her time, and either
marries and fades at 20, or hangs on
after all the other girls are married
off and takes generation after genera
tion of young boys to raise by hand,
and becomes known as "grandma" in
the crowd.
There is nothing so sweet as a sim
ple, frank, open-hearted girl. But the
boy-struck girl is an abomination. The
whole matter rests with the girl's
mother. She can either bring up one
of the "he-sald" girls or she can have
a daughter to be proud of. Emporia
Gazette. '
8eeklng Information.
A Kansas City newspaper man, re
cently married, drifted into one of the
big hotels and asked for the chef.
The clerk told him that worthy would
be down in a few minutes, and asked
htm If there was anything special that
he wanted.
"Oh, no," waB the answer. "I just
wanted to ask him how to cook beef
steak with mushroom sauce. My wife
don't know how to do it, and I thought
I'd find Out something about it my
self If I could."
The clerk expressed an opinion that
the chef's advice would be useful In
that case, and asked the newly mar
ried man If his wife could prepare
eclairs au confltur or goose livers
-bTOCtleWbonreloW
It made benedict admitted that he
dldnt think she knew anything about
these, or several more dishes which
the clerk enumerated, and even ex
pressed some doubt as to her ability
to make coffee demi tasse.
The chef still delayed his-. coming,
and the seeker after culinary wisdom
finally decided that the remedying of
the defects in his knowledge along
that line would take more time than
he had to spare and that he would
come around and get a few recipes
some time when he had half a day off.
Kansas City Journal.
Michigan Fish Story.
Among the many members of the
Ananias club-" proficient In telling fish
stories It would seem that the palm
should go to a Three Rlvors resident
though he claims that this story Is no
fabrication of the imagination, but an
actual occurrence. The mystery had
Its origin In one of the fishing shan
ties on the Emery mill pond, from
which a veteran fisherman was seen
to emerge with an Immense string ot
fish, when his companions" in aport
had been unsuccessful tor many days
with spear and line. The- old vet
was a little mulelsh about giving his
secret up. It was simply anise oil,
the same old anise that has boen used
from time Immemorial to put crying
babies to sleep. The bait was satur
ated with the oil and the line fast
ened to a stick across a hole In the
ice. A large fish bit and becoming
saturated with the oil, hung on, and
the seductive bait attracted other fish
that caught on to its tall, followed by
silly others, each catching on the last
one's tall. The line also became sat
urated with the oil and Is still attract
ing and putting, to sleep specimens of
the finny tribe, and all the old man
has to da now - is to go out to his
shanty and pull up his line when he
wants a mess of fish. Detroit News.
A Poet's Declining Years.
, Swinburne, the poet spends his de
clining years In tranquil pursuit of the
simple life, although it Is doubtful
whether the book or the fad has ever
disturbed his peaceful retreat . A
friend says of him that he lives In
possession of his needs. "Bounded
on all sides by the best books, enjoy
ing the close companionship : ot the
truest friend ever given to a man ot
genius, and finding in a long walk at
postman's pace a full satisfaction for
tbe-body's craving after exercise, he
lives through the twilight ot his days
In' a greater security and under the
spell of a deeper peace than1 he knew
In the boisterous dawn of his llfo.
Chicago Journal.
Profitable Inventions.
No one class of Inventions has been
so profitable both to the manufacturer
and the Inventor as musical Instru
ments and appliances for same. Num
erous improvements to the piano have
been a source of large fortunes, and
various devices are at present being
continuously applied. - Radically new
instruments possessing real merit are
the Inventions needed In this Hue,' The
public Is always ready to adopt al
most anything new In both wind and
stringed Instruments. -Inventor".
A woman named Kaanaanamokauea
halkulkawalmookahl Keamokuhalep
hohai hag sent a petition to Governor
Carter, Hawaii, on the subject ot
the disposition of the crown lands.
THE tPUUPIT.
i, SCHC. RLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. DR. JOHN LOVE, JR.
oiMti The Kyitle Stone.
, Asliury Park, N. J.-The Rev. Dr.
John Love, Jr preached on "The Mys
tic Stone and the Broken Image" In the
First Baptist Church here. He took as
his text David 11:34: "A stone cut out
.without bands which smote the Im
age." Dr. Love said:
In the poem called "Giles Corey" the
great author has said: "Do you believe
in dreams? Why, yes and no. When
they come true, then I believe In tbem,
when they come false I don't believe
in them." This is doubtless a fair ex.
pression of our own feelings concern,
lng these mysterious visitors in our un
conscious hours. Whatever harmony
there may be between tbem and events
which thereafter transpire we can
never be sure at the time that they are
prophetic.
In the Old Testament economy, how
ever, dreams were a recognized method)
of divine communication with man
kind. Not only were Ablmelocb, and
Jacob, Joseph and Solomon thus ad
dressed from heaven, but the prophets
received revelations in and. through,
tliem, designed for the warning, the
comfort and the Instruction of the race.
Few dreams narrated in sacred writ
are of such profound Interest as ths
one of which our text makes mention.
In the second year of his reign "Nebu
chadnezzar, the king of Babylon,
dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit
was troubled irnd his sleep brake from
him." So profound was the Impression
made upon htm, so agitated his mind
on awakening, that he commanded the
presence of magicians, astrologers and
sorcerers, who vrere supposed to pos.
8 ess the powers of Interpretation. The
dream of tho king had, however, so fai
gone from blm when the wise men en
tered into his presence that he could
give tbem no hlut ot its nature. Not
even the bare outline remained, only
tile sense of terror and the fear of im
pending III. With the cruelty peculiar
to himself he demanded that they
should at once reproduce the dream by
their mystic arts and give the correct
Interpretation. Protest was in vain,
and in the heat of bis passion he
voiced the decree of death on all the
Wise men ot the kingdom.
Daniel, the prophet, captive at the
time in Babylon, learning of the mani
festo of the king, petitioned for an ex
tension ot time and promised the
sought for interpretation. It was au
awful crisis, but from the quartet of
Daniel and his three companions went
up a cry that reached the very heart of
God and wou the secret that nullified
an infamous decree. Within the ap
poluted time the prophet is ready for
the presence chamber of the klug. An
ambassador from heaven, be brings in
clear outline, by his vivid description,
the mystical image which had dis
turbed the slumbers of Nebuchadnez
zar, and then Interprets its significance
as may be traced in the second chanter
or tne uook or Daniel, verses 3:
uy rue "neaa ot gold' jwrTfepresented
me Kuiguum or iMoylon, the domain
ot KffbuchPdflezzar for forty-five years.
Jn!
e "breast and arms of sliver" signi
fied the kingdom In which the Medes
and Persians held sway, and was
known as the Medo-Perslan reign, in
augurated by Darius, the Mede, and
Cyrus, the Persian, between whom an
alliance had been formed. The third
kingdom represented by the "belly and
thighs of brass" was the Grecian,
founded by Alexander the Great on his
victory over the lost of the Persian em
perors. The joy of his conquest, how
ever, was mingled with sadness, for,
boasting that be had conquered the
world, he sat down and wept because
"there was not .another world to con
luer." The fourth kingdom symbolized, in
the image, by "the legs and feet of
Iron," is commonly believed to be the
Roman kingdom. Toward its close it
became weak and disintegrated, branch
ing out Into ten kingdoms, represented
by the ten toes of the iuinge. It could
hardly be shown by an nppeol to his
tory how exactly all the events and tho
succession of events symbolized in the
spectral Imago came to pass, but we
concentrate our attention on the sig
nificance of the "mystic stone," which
by some unseen ageucy and in some
unaccountable manner wns seen to be
detached from the mouutaln near by
and to smite the Image upon the feet,
breaking Into pieces the iron and the
clay of which they were composed.
Nor was this all, for the stone which
had smitten the image seemed to be
come a vast mouutniu which tilled the
whole earth. That the reference Is to
the kingdom of the Messiah and a
vivid prophecy ot its power and growth
there can be no doubt, and yet the
vision and Its interpretation date back
to 000 B. C. There is to be noticed,
first, the assuranto of the establish
ment of a divine kingdom In the world.
Not only have we tbe symbolism of the
mystic stone, but the definite language
of prophecy, for in his memorable In
terview with the king, Daniel declared
"In the days ot these kings shall the
Ood ot Heaven set up a kingdom which
shall never be destroyed." Similar and
confirmative prophecies might easily
be culled from the sacred record. Many
tmpires In the world have owed (heir
origin, or at least their eminence, to
successes In war. . Britain owes its
prestige to Waterloo, Germany to
Sedan, the United States to Gettysburg,
Japan to Mukden. Power has been
purchased st the point of tbe sword
and sustained often throngh tyranny
and cruelty. The strength of the pow
ers of nations has been guaged by tbe
roster of their armies and navies. Ar
senals, fleets and military stores have
been their pride and boast. Not so
with the kingdom whose design, code
and symbols date from all eternity.
It is spiritual and not martial. It hath
weapons before which strongholds
crumble, but they are not carnal. It
wins triumphs, but on silent, bloodless
battlo fields. Not In the catalogue ot
nations does this kingdom claim a
place. Alone if stands, without peer or
counterpart It bears the name and
owns the sway of tbe Omnipotent. It
.was not to enter Into conflict with ex
isting government. It was to be de
votional, not political. The cross was
to be Its sacred symbol, not a crown.
Its laws were to be transcribed not in
ponderous statute books, not In legisla
tive enactments, but in that precious
book whose very name even has be
come an Inspiration and a benediction
the Bible. Throughout ths Scriptures
Is set forth In terms unmistakable the
divine character of the new kingdom
and when at length the Messiah had
entered upon His holy mission He dis
appointed the common expectation in
His announcement, "My kingdom it
not of this world." Again and again
might He have assumed the symbols of
royalty and won an enthusiastic follow
lnt;. Indoed, He was compelled to re
sist tbe passionate ardor ot the people
nt times, who longed for a crowned
head and aflellverer.
I'erslstr-nt was His emphasis upon
, spiritual truth. Ite demanded a piety
!vt Interpreted by Jiig jirnyers and
longer robes, but by surrender and loy
alty to God. "No religion but that of
Christ has disclosed the Innermost na
ture of God, none but this bas laid
bare in Its peculiar centre point tho
moral nature 'of man." Man fallen
and dishonored-was driven from "Para
dise Lost." The grand design of the
Kingdom ot Christ Is to bring blm into
such fellowship with God as that he
may be an heir of "Paradise Regained."
At Athens were two temples, "a temple
ot Virtue and a temple of Honor."
Only through the former could tbe lat
ter be entered.
Only through the Invisible Kingdom
of .God on earth tbe "Kingdom of
Grace" can we hope for admission at
length, into tbe "Kingdom of the Re
deemed" the "Temple of Glory." The
subjects of this empire must be in
harmony with and breathe the spirit
of the King. We are reminded sec
ondly ot the smnll beginnings of tho
Kingdom of the Messiah.
The "stone cut out of the mountain
without bands" was diminutive at first
as compared with its subsequent ap
pearance. This Is Indeed tbe law of
nature. The trees which fill our for
ests were 0n,ce but tender saplings the
men of the next generation are to-day
but weakly children. Christianity was
Indeed complete at the beginning.
From Its very nature it must have
been. An imperfect system would have
been a witness against ltsolf. In all
these nineteen centuries not a single
principle of truth has been added. It
was Christ's gift to the world. A mine
to be worked a very bonanza. A sys
tem to be studied a very thesaurus of
truth. Christ in His uoctrlno wns its
teacher. In His matchless character
Its grand exponent. Euch Christian is
a matriculate In the preparatory school
and when the term time of lite shall
end will receive a certificate into the
University of lleavcu. Laws arc being
constantly changed in order that they
may be adapted to the varying condi
tions of mankind. Amendments to tho
Constitution have been added one by
one. Statutes are subject to frequent
revision. Provisions that have proved
Injudicious have lieon struck out. Nec
essary modifications und ndditlons havo
often been made. Can anything be
nihled to tho system of religion which
Jesus introduced into the world? Has
tho "Sermon on tho Mount" ever been
improved? Can it be? As well at
tempt to add to the radiance of the
midday sun or the nmlcsty of the heav
ing ocean. The necessity of change
would Imply weakness, cruclencss. Im
perfect knowledge. "I am the Lord, I
change not," and Christianity is the
creed of Jehovah the system of Him
who said, "I am the truth." Who shall
say that ChristlaUty can ever need
modification?
To what age of the world, to what
nation, to what government, to what
human conditions lias It not been
adapted? Still, in Its beginning, lt
seemed of smnll and weak proportions.
rrotn a uuninn standpoint, what could
appear more uncompromising? It
seemed like a Lillipiit arraying itself
against a host of giants. We are so
constituted that we look for causes
which shall seem adequate to given
effects. Who In the first century could
conceived ns ever possible the
scenes w'hicTHJljnescuitter inys greet
our eyes and the facYsMthWi thrust
themselves upon our attention? Vhelst
Himself was a poor and obscure Naza
rone peasant, without prestige or im
mediate pedigree of note. His disciples
Were, with few exceptions, lacking in
culture and of but limited influence.
Tho new religion lind in it nothing to
win tbe opulent or the Influential. It
ministered not to the caprices of men,
but combattcd their strongest preju
dices. It brought not "peace, but a
sword." Judged by ordinary stand
ards, it seemed doomed to failure. We
need not turn to the grand treatises ot
tbe Butlers, the Taleys, the Dwlghts,
resistless as their arguments seem; the
sublime history of Christianity during
these nineteen centuries offers a might
ier and more eloquent plea for Its di
vine origin and character, a perfect
Gibraltar, against which all the shafts
of infidelity seem but paper pellets.
But as we turn again to the inspired
nurrative of tbo dream of the Baby
lonian king, we rend that after the
imago was smitten and the iron, the
clay, the brass, the sliver and tbo gold
were broken in pieces, becoming like
the chaff of the summer threshing floor,
the stone wbich destroyed tbe image
became a great mouutaln and filled
tLj whole earth.
Thus In mystic symbolism was tbe
truth revealed that tho kingdom, which
at length Jehovah should set up, was
destined to universal prevalence. Nor
are ws limited in this view to the lan
guage of symbols. "Ask of Me and 1
will give thee the heathen for thine In
heritance and tbe uttermost parts of
the earth for thy possession." "The
earth shall be full of the knowledge of
the Lord as the waters cover the sen."
Thus David and Isaiah, peering
through the perspective of coming
years, beheld the wondrous ascendency
of the kingdom of Immanuel. Wnut
appeared to these prophets ot the olden
tiici in vision appears to us translated
into history, glorious with tbe grand
achievements Christianity bas wrought.
Magnificent victories have followed its
banners. Territory after territory has
been added to its dominions. Despite
the opposition which its representa
tives have met, tbe fiery persecutions,
not limited to the period of its Intro
duction, but blighting the records ol
ten centuries, and, ludeed, times long
after the "dark ages," Its growth hai
been phenomenal; aye, more than that
divine. Palestine has become", th
moral centre of the world. Tbe prayei
which Jesus has taught, "Thy kingdom
come," Is being graciously answered
Judging from the history of Christian
Ity and reasoning from analogy, bad wi
not the promises of the Sacred Word
we should be compelled to antlcipnt
tbe ultimate triumphs ot "The Re
deemer's cause."
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A FRIENDLY WARNING.
ftttie Maid of Tokio,
TM as truly: -Is it so? ,
Docs the verb "to clvlll" ,
Brine a sparkle to your ttynl
lo you share vour brother's s"
Do you like ambition feel?
WhUe the World, from nin to tun.
Talks ot what Japan bas done.
Are you your part glad to play?
Would you,- It you had your wayf
Think what civilisation means,
Kre M subtly Intervenes
"l'wlit your peace of mind and you.
If. my dear, you only knew,
You would let the whole thing go.
Little Maid ot Toklo.
Little Maid of Toklo,
Pinioned fast In fanhlon's throe
Would you be. If civilised.
Robes your Knstern taste devised.
Cut and pattern, plan and all,
Into quick disuse would fall.
Though they etilted-fci-st your style,
Each would lose Its place, the while
'ou to be the slave would grow
Of Tarls modes and Western show;
Ruff and tuck and frill and tin re
And Ohl they'd make you chance your hslr!
"Hlth vaiip vim. m n.,
But leave your fashions as they an.
Rquelch tbe dress reforming foe,
Little Maid of Toklo.
JUST FOR FUN
Nettle Martha says she has her
hair done up by a maid. Edith That
is, she docs it up herself. She's an
old maid, you know.
Now Missionary Can you toll me
what has become of my predecessor?
you toll me j
predecessor? a
e a trip into ;
to do with V
Cannibal Chief Ho made
the interior. Washingttta
"What are you going
your new magazine? Get a corner
on all the anti-trust literature." "And
then what?" "Shove up the price of
the magazine." Washington Star.
Bacon The end men In the min
strels get the most money, I believe.
Egbert Is that so? Well, In all oth-
er kinds of business the middlemen J
get all the jsMTonkers States-
Mrs. Hicks John, I'm sure tSereL
a hurirlar down in the dining room. 1
Mr. Hicks (sleepily) Good! If we keep
quiet maybe ho'll take away that
chafing dish of yours. Philadelphia
Dumley Morris said I had no moreiC
sense than a yellow dog. I consider
that an Insult. Wlckle 8o . it is.t
There's no reason to suppose a yel
low dog has less senso than any oth
er colored dog.
Passenger Seems to me it takes
you a long while to run six miles on
this rallrorvl. Conductor Yes, that's
tho beauty of It. It gives the passen
gers plenty of time to read their
morning paper.
"Ma," said Mrs. Malaprop's little
boy, "what is 'antimony'?" "8h,
that's not nice to talk about," replied
Mrs. Malaprop. "It's what a lady gets
when sbA's divorced from her hus
band." Philadelphia' "EedgeT .....
Bosh Is Blank on tiro stage? Josh
No. Bosh Why, yes he 1b! He
told me that he made his first appear
ance two years ago. Josh Umhuhl
He made his last appearance on the
same night. Detroit Free Press.
Mrs. Snubblns I wouldn't trust my
husband to pick out the help. I don't"
want a better looking girl In the
kitchen than I am. Mrs. Wlcklow
And Mr. Snubblns does? Well, you
can't blame him, can you, now
Irish Attendant (examining sick
ostrich) Faith, I believe he's swal
lowed a monkey! I can see it down
his throat. The Ostrich Oh, get
out! I swallowed a piece of looking
glass. That's your reflection. Puck.
"Teachers," said the educational
cynic, "are divided Into two classes:
Those who quit because they don't
know enouKh to teachr-and thoeeMl&o
keen on because they don't kno
enough to quit. Baltimore American.
"Yes, he proposed to her in a rath
er gruesome way." "Why, I understood
he merely asked her to share his fort
une?" "No, he asked her to share his
lot. They were walking In the ceme
tery at the time." Philadelphia Led
ger. Miss Hoamley I think of taking up
automoblllng.. Miss Pepprey Good
Ideal It certainly would be becoming
to you. Miss Hoamloy Becoming?
Miss Pepprey Tos, dear, you can
wear a mask In an auto. Philadelphia
Press.
Helen How is Jack Newly wed get
ting along with that rich girl he
loped with? Ethel Dreadfully I She
Is suing him for non-support, , and
won't let him even have . money
enough to pay his lawyer's fees. 1
Judge. " ' I
"I didn't know your father was a sea- '
faring man." "He Isn't," "But he ;
said he worked on a revenue cutter."
"And so he does. But he means that
he operates a sausage machine for the
beet' trust" Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune. -
1 Montt NowJnHoJJajid-llhave
seen washing gbTn)lfln the street
That 1s something you don't m
America. La Moyne-Oh, yes, you do.
La Montt What street did you ever I
see washing It? La Moyne Wall
Street. Chicago Dally News.
. Scrybblor It's the moast remawk
able thing, doan't ye knaow, that
when I'm feeling the worst I write
me vewy clevahest things. Grouch
To Judge by your writings, then, you
must have a mighty good run o' gen
eral health. Baltimore American.
Uncle George But dont y6u think
It wrong to flb about your age? Nan
cy On the contrary, I hold it to be
a duty. : If you lell the truth, every '
body will dd two or three yea to
your statement; so it is oniy justice
to one's self to knock off a tow
years. . ' ' '
Baiter Married life isn't what It
used to be. Slsson You're right
there. Since the kitchen Btove has
been supplanted by a gas tango
there's no such thing as lying In bed
In the morning, soothed by the sweet
thought that your wlfw: lis at work
building' tbe firo.
Lost and Found.
Little Bo Peep bad lost her sheep,
and didn't know whore to find them
"Did yon think of looking In t
butcher's under the name of nyi ;
lamb?" was naked.
Accepting tho clue, she Joyful'y
started out to unoover the alias,
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