FRANK
PRESS,
VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 5. 1905.
NUMBER 27
THE
LIN
t4
LOVE
IS
BLIND.
By
Alice Maud Meadow. 1
: Chapter I.
"I wish," Nora Desmond colored ever
90 slightly, "one of you would tell me
what Mr. Lo Strange Is like!"
Mrs. Desmond and Nancy Desmond
looked at one another sharply, -something
like a warning glance passed be
tween them.
"Like?" Mrs. Desmond repeated,
faintly.
"Yes like," Nora returned. "I know
he's tall and big. I know he has a
pleasant voice, a merry laugh; I know"
--her strange, pretty eyes grew shy,
though they saw nothing, never ha'l
seen anything since her fourth birth
day "he Is the kindest man In the
whole wide world; but I want to
know what his face 13 like that's nat
ural, Isn't It, since "a trifle defiantly
"since wa are such good friends?"
"Quite natural," Mrs. Desmond an
swered. "What would you like to
know the color of h!s eyes?"
Once more she looked at Nancy; the
girl Bhrugged her shoulders, and made
a helpless sort of gesture.
"Of course," Nora said, "the color of
his eyes, bis hair, what sort of a nose
and mouth he has, whether he wears
a mustache. I should like a word pic
ture of htm. You know," she sighed
softly, "It's all the picture I can see."
For some reason or other, both Mrs.
and Miss Desmond looked relieved.
"John Le Strange has very good feat
ures, Indeed, Mrs. Desmond answered;
"a straight nose, a good mouth and
really beautiful eyes. His hair Is
brown, with a natural wave In It t
don't think there's anyone in tho world
who could deny John has good feat
. ures. As for the nature of the man,
It's absolutely the sweetest I hu p ever
known."
A very pretty smile crossed Nora's
lips, a tender expression entered the
sightless eyes.
"The sweetest nature you have ever
known," she repeated. "One couldn't
have a nicer thing said than that.
Looks are a great deal, of course I
so love everything beautiful, but a
lovely nature Is even more than a
lovely exterior. I why, that's John's
footstep; hr's earlier than usual today,
Isn't he?"
John Le Strange boarded In the
house of Mrs. Desmond; had lived in
her bouse now for ten years, almost
ever since tho death of Terrcnce Dea
mond, leaving his widow not very
well provided for.
A look of pleased expectancy shone
upon the girl's face; then, as the foot
steps passed the door, went slowly up-
It died away.
. footfall sounds tired tonleht "
nore to herself thanyheptbk.
ougn somejiou!
tlon of some things than those who
can see a fuller sympathy. Tell ma
what i wrong, John why you are
sad?" .
He hesitated a moment; then very
slowly, half timidly, he sank upon bis
knees. ,
"This is why," he answered, and hie
hungry lips almost kissed her hand. "I
want something that I dare not ask
for, and yet if It could be mine bow
I would love and cherish It! I want
something some one to work for, to
make money tor; some one to sur
round with adoration and comfort, but
I dare not I dare not say to her 1
love you, becausi
He paused. She stretched out her
band and laid it unfalteringly upon his
shoulder.
"Because she Is blind, John?"
He covered her hand with his then
he covered it with kisses.
"No, no! A thousand times no!" he
answered. "Oh, Nora, you know I love
you want you you know your
Mlndness makes you all tho dearer to
mc! But you don't know me as others
know me you have never seen me.
If if you should give yourself to me,
you would be giving yourself to an
unknown man. I think you care for
me but "
"There is no but," she interrupted.
"I love you. As for knowing you, there
Is no one In the world I know so
well. And today my mother has told
me Just what you are like has so to
speak, painted the picture of your
every feature. I can look at you now
with my mind's eye I am so glad,
dear!"
He put his arm round her; ho drew
her gently to him; he kissed her lips.
"Little sweetheart!" he Bald. "Little
wife to be! So your mother told you
all? Are you sure you did not dislike
the picture?"
With her slender, sensitive fingers
she touched his features, one by one,
smiling, but a little puzzled.
"Quite," she answered; "and mother
was right; your features are beauti
ful. Your skin Is rough and rugged,
different from mine that Is because
you are a man, but you must not
think" one could scarcely bellevsha
was not looking at the scarred"
"I love you for your beA""
you just because I
I can't help It
with all
gret your
girl to yoil
your wife."
my-'
ft
the man's nature conquered;' he fetched
bis wife.
Trembling, he stood by while the
beautiful eyes were examined; slowly
he sat down as the doctor gave his
verdict
"The operation would be painful."
he said, "but I have no doubt what
ever of Its success."
With a laugh of excitement, Nora
spoke:
... "Painful, John? That won't mat
ter; I can bear pain. Think of It, dear!
I shall see the sky, the flowers see
you, and the baby! Oh, John John,
it's too good to be true! No, no I
won't say that, John, how quiet you
are!"
' As the days passed on, and certain
preparation! for the operation were
made, John grew more quiet than
ever; a silent tragedy had come into
his happy life, within another week
his wife would see would look at him,
perhaps with aversion!
Will you tell her," he sail to Mrs.
Desmond, "before she sees will you
tell her? Directly the bandages are
removed, she will turn to me, and she
won't know me. Will jou prepare
her?"
Mrs. Desmond looked uncomfortable.
"It's roost unfortunate," she said.
slowly. "Yes, I mean it; I look upon
this hope for Nora's sight as a great
misfortune. She was perfectly happy,
perfectly content I know" neither of
them heard a soft step coming along
the passage "Bhe longed to see the
child, but, after all, her sense of touch
is so delcate, she knows as well as I
know what he Is like. This interfer
ing doctor had better have left things
alone."
The soft steps stopped outside the
door. The blind girl stood and lis
tened, her heart beating strangely.
Sight a misfortune for her! Why
why? She could not understand.
"After all," Mrs. Desmond went on.
slowly, "she loves you dearly; she will
grow used to your looks In time; even
if she Is shocked at first, will wear
oft, and any one can see that It's your
misfortune that you're not a hand
some man; your features, as I have
told Nora often, are beautiful. You
ought to be a handsome man, and but
for the smallpox marks you certainly
would have been."
The blind girl, standing so motion
less outside the door, shivered a little.
I shan't be able to bear it," John
said. "Blind 'as ehe Is, she worships
beauty.' What will she feel when ehe
she Is bound for life to me! I
ought not to have married her; but
when a man loves" be made a hoi
nJ I wanted
GAS AND WATER.
IS ONE AS
NECESSARY
OTHER?
AS THE
ClUieni ( Lara Cities Bay It Is.
New York, June 13. In the recent
agitation here about the price of gat,
the demand for lower rates was up
ported by the argument that erory resi
dent Is as dependent upon a (apply of
gas as upon a supply or good water.
It has come to pass that the day la
borer uses gat at his only fuel for
cooking, because of economy, and the
rich man use. gas on account of its
convenience. Gas for lighting, with
modern Improvements in burners, la
cheaper, better and more satisfactory
than' any other kind of light. Oat
sells at $1.00 per thousand cubic feet
in large cities, and from that to 01 high
as $3.00 In smaller towns.
The consumer of gas In the country
uses Acetylene (pronounced a-ael-a-Icne),
and each user makes his own gas
and Is Independent of Gas and Electric
Companies. Acetylene is a more per
fect illumlnnnt than the gas sold by
the big gas companies in the cities, and
the cost to the smallest user is about
the equivalent of city gas at 83 cents
per thousand. -
Acetylene Is the modern artificial
light, the latest addition to the many
inventions thnt have become dally necessities.
The light from an acetylene flame la
soft, steady and brilliant, and in qual
ity Is only rivaled by the sun's rays.
If water and a solid material known as
Calcium Carbide are brought Into con
tact, the immediate result is the mak
ing of this wonderful gas. The genera
tion of acetylene is so simple that ex
perience or evenapparatus Is not neces
sary to make It. If It Is desired to
make it for practical lighting, and to
keep It for Immediate use, then a small
machine called an "Acetylene Genera
tor" is employed. There are many re
sponsible concerns making acetylene
generators. In practice this gas Is dis
tributed in small pipes throughout
buildings, grounds oylMyitlro cities and
towns in the t&mr as ordinary
city gas. ActtX only satis
factory men Isolated
buildings
suburbs 1
electric j
wy or
Vat or
: SIWASH INDIANS.
Degenerate Lot of the Aleutian
Islands.
W. B. Thomas, whose clalma near
Seward, Alaska, are In tach a favora
ble condition as to permit him to live
in Seward with his family during the
summer and take them back to Gary,
8. D., winters, has been at the St,
Charles hotel for a week.
Seward Js at the base of the finger
that stretches out tcward 81berla from
northwestern Alaska and forms the
Aleutian Islands. Its climate is mild
er than Omaha or Kansas City, due to
the warm waters of the ocean currents.
Wagons are used all the year around.
The only inhabitants In 1903 wore a
family of Blwash Indians, but It now
numbers 9000 people. The Alaska
Central railway, which will pierce the
centre of the great peulnsula and con
nect the ocean with tho Yukon country
Is well under way frcmSeward, 4000
men working on It up In the moun
tains. The road will run spurs to the
right and left, tapping the copper and
other districts. Tho district back of
Seward ships out $2,000,000 in gold a
year. Mr. Thomas says It Is destined
to become the capital of the territory
In which It lies, including Sk.agway,
Sttku and Juneau, the present capital.
Alaska, will be divided, he says, Into
territories according to the Judicial
districts now In force, viz.: the Seward-Juneau
district, the Nome district
and the Circle City, or Arctic, district.
"The 8iwash Indians are a degener
ate lot," says Mr. Thomas. "There is
practically no family tie and diseases
brought In by the white fishermen and
the Chinese salmon packers have caus
ed the death rate to exceed the birth
rate. But the missions are working
with considerable success to counter
act this. The territory along the coast
Is divided among the several denomina
tions, the Baptists taking so much
1000 square miles, say the Presbyter
ians so much, and so on. Seward lies
In the Baptists' sphere, and the neap
est mission Is on the island of Kodlak,
Kodiak was formerly a Russian
vlct post, and seme of the
there still have a niixttr
blood. It Is these
the Rev. Mr.
In Pennsylvan!
The Indians'"
Ing
sua
THE PULPIT.
AN FICQ'JENT SUNDAY SERMON1 BV
THE REV. C. E. JEFFERSON,
BiihjMli Wanted! A Hw Vlilos of God.
New York City. - lu the famous
Broadway Tnbernacte the pastor, the
Rev. Charles Edward Jefferson. D. D.,
on Sunday preached the following ser
mon entitled, "Wanted; A New Vision
of God:"
The great word on the llpi of the
coming preacher will be "God." The
name which Is above every name has
been too much neglected In these re
cent years, even by the men anointed
to proclaim it.
There have been reasons for this neg
lect. The evolutionary philosophy
awakened a new nnd thrilling Interest
In man. Whence he came, how he
started, what have been the processes
of his climbing, these are the questions
which have bewitched and absorbed us
all. The phenomenal achievements of
the last half century bate worked to
ward the tame result. Never has man
been so wonderful ns now, sever has
he done such mighty deeds. He Is a
miracle worker who savs each evening. I
"I will do greater things to-morrow.''
His prowess, cunning and mastery are
astounding, and to chant bis praises
has been our pastime and delight.
The miseries of man have also con
spired to tlx our attention on him. He
has come from tne country to the city
and be Is in trouble. He has become
the victim of all sorts of economic and
social forces, which have left him
lying bleeding and half dead by the
side of the road along which the
strong have driven furiously to wealth
and power; To lift the man who is
down and place blm on our beast and
get him Into the nearest inn is a prob
lem of vast dimensions, and has taken
a deal of our thought and time.
we have been caught in the com
plex of secondary causes, and have lit
tle inclination to consider the Cause
which underlies them all. To many
minds God's presence has become dim.
His personality vague and doubtful.
tils holiness has been by many quite
forgotten, Jo, admiring or pitying the
the majesty and authority of a king.
We have too much followed the Idea
of Goethe and Carlyle, that Christi
anity is a religion of sorrow, and that
Its chief end is tnot of consolation.
This leads men like Mr. John Morley
to call the gospel a "sovereign legend
of pity," and to long for a wider Gos
pel of Justice and progress.
Christianity is more tban.a legend
of pity, it is a bugle blast culling men
to pattle. Jesus Is more than the con
soler of people In trouble, He Is the
anointed King of men. He announces
His Kingship again and again . In Hit
discourses, and It Is as Lord and Mes
siah that Peter presents Him to Hit
countrymen on the Day of Pentecost
To submit to Him unconditionally it
man't wisdom and peace. It is not the
picture of the earthly Jesus with Hit
hand upon a leper that this age needs
most of all to tee. We need to tee
the' Son of God as John, the apostle,
taw Htm, with many crowns upon Hia
head, the universal Sovereign ot the
kingdoms of life.
God't condescension will also be teen
afresh in Christ. The great wordt
spoken In the upper chamber will be
restudled, and upon many hearts they
will fall with the emancipating charm
of a fresh revelation. "Ye shall know
that I am In My Father, and ye In Me
and I in yon." "If a man love Me he
wilt keep My words, and My Father
will love him, and we will come unto
him and make Our abode with him."
We do not now God as He Is until
we have seen Htm not only Mgh and
lifted up, sitting on a throne, but also
at the spostle saw Htm, standing ns a
suppliant, saylng,"Bebold, I stand at
the door and knock: If any man bear
My voice and open the door, I will
come In to blm, and will sup with him,
and be with Me."
In Christ also we see God't indig
nation against sin. He Is the holy
Christ. Though merciful, He says to
workers of iniquity I never knew you.
Though gractous, He says to trans
gressors of God's will depart from Me
ye cursed. Tender above all tender
ness known to mortals. He paints pic
tures 'of loss and pain and doom so
terrible that they have burned them
selves into the retinas of men's eyet
and Into the; gray matter of their
1 1, ii in -1 -a irr,ll,ru mani.
LE8SLESSNE8S.
ttow that they have' tot horselcw rise
Fruni here to Kalamazoo,
An' telegraph that's wlreleM, '
Ad' smokeless powder, too,
There ought to. be mora lenlesa things ,
It sort o' srema to me. :.
Why can't we have a atlDgleas waipt
Also stlnglew beef
Why can't we have mra arboollcu towns?
An' workleaa work to do?
An' apaoklnga that are llpperlcss?
An1 uogleaa ori-uarda, too 'I
Ad' artieleM atomarhncbea aa well ?
An' wetlesi hair, ao w en
We go down to the iwimmln' hole ,,
Ma won't know where we've b'en? "
An' w'en we get these IranleM things
Twill All our hearts with Jot,
An' then you'll never see again
A hapless, Joyltss boy.
New York Press.
JUST FOR FUN
Poet I can't get a bit of fire In my
lines today. Friend Here's a match.
Chicago Retord-Hcrald.
"01 wTs at a wake last night" "Was
Kelly there?" "Whol, Kelly was the
lolfe av th' wake; he was the corpse."
Puck.
Grocer Be that an auto out In front
o' the store thar, Ezry? Boy I dunno,
sir, I god such a cold I can't smell
nothlnk. Puck.
He What would you do if I should
attempt to kiss you? She I would
call for help. He But I don't need
any Philadelphia. Record.
"What do you think of railway re
bates?" said one citizen. "Any chance
of our getting any?" "None whatever."
"Then, I'm against 'em." Washington
Star.
Teacher Now Johnny, If your papa
caught pnq flsh: three pounds, one of
would
these who
r. Cof
glanced
"I dare say he's fagged out" she an-
swered. "Men mostly are when ihev
come home from their work. Why not
go ana bsk mm yourself, Nora? You're
his favorite."
A smile flashed Into the girl's face.
In her eyes, on her lips, dimpling her
cheeks. She h.-d been beautiful be
fore;, she was absolutely lovely now.
: "Hit favorite!" she repeated. "Moth
er, do you really think so? Of course,
he pities me everyone does; every
one w aiaa to me but, apart from
that, do you really, really think I am
hla favorite In spite of my blind
ness?" Mra. Desmond rose, cross the room
. put her band upon the girl's shoulder'
"I don't thlnk-I know," she re
turned. "He thinks more of you than
he thinks of anyone In the wide, wide
world! That's something to be proud
of, Nora."
8he rose slowly, her little h.nrf.
tightly clasped.
"Something to be verv. vnrv nn,,j
of! she returned. "But how wonder
ful that is. mother!"
She moved across the room rfthn,.i
stretching out her hands. No one who
did not know would have aunnnrt h.
to be blind.
"She will marry him. of ,,
Nancy said, when she was out of hear
ing, "because she Is blind; she never
would If she could see!"
Chapter II.
Just as auletly as she hBt ,
her mother's tltting room. Nora
u.UUUieU me stairs, Knocked at the
door, and, In answer to a nnlar -Tw
in." uttered In a singularly beautiful
voice, entered.
By a table, with the fnii .1... .
lamp shining upon him, sat a man
So far at hit features went Mr. n..!
" ",r uaa oeen accurate.
jcoul
ow from h
au-
could
omu kuvj Uibhj.!UTT from her.
ui iuohu uer who every comfort 8he
was more Helpless than most woman
would need all her life more care anri
cnensning.
More than once he asked Mrs. Des-
mona tr it would not be better to un-
itonalvA ,hn .1.1 r,i. .
-vvvo iuo Bui. D1ie nowever, was
empnauc in her negative.
"You'll Just spolj her life and her
nappmess It you do." she answer
"What the eye does not see, the heart
uoes not grieve for; as every one
Knows, tne blind In their hearts and
souls worship at the shrine of hem,.
iy more ardently than those who ao
To her you are all that Is desirable in
eiery way; let that content you."
And so, with the truth still untold,
mo two married, and In the whole
wiae worm mere was no happier wife
than Nora Le Strange. Never once
did he let her feel her blindness; never
did he tire of telling her of beautiful
things, describing every place he took
her to so vividly, with such care that
always she smiled and nodded as she
pressed the hands she held.
"I see I see It all quite plainly!"
she would say. "Oh, John, what a
beautiful place this world is! And what
a pair of seeing eyes you lend to me!"
It was not until her little son was
born that Nora craved passionately
to see. If only for'f moment. Time af
ter time, as ahe held the little
as the passed her fingers ever to gent
ly cns nis aowny head, hit tiny
features, over and over again, John de
scribed Just what the little one waa
hub me most Deautmu baby In the
world. But for once, she seemed hard-
iy satisnea.
11. i, .
un, ii i couia only tee blm!" she
saia; just once. John, I've wanted
terribly sometimes to see you, though
ruuw jusi wnat you are like. I want
even more to see him. because ha-a
ana me, and
e he lav i
in his cot With a half soh.
bent over him. k Insert n
touched the tiny face.
A little later, with a quick, light
step, she ran down the stairs, her hand
Just touching the banisters; listened
an Instant, then wont Btralght to the
room In which John sat He glanced
up. and ahe went to him, kissed hhn
softly.
"John," the said, a tremble In her
voice, "dear John, don't be angry with
me I know you've been Dut to tronhia
trouble and expense, but I'm a cow
ard, dear the doctor said It would be
painful; I can't"-she almost sobbed
now "I can't face the niuriir,ni
He held her from him for mi.
ute; no Inkling of tha truth Ant-t
his mind. Then he snatched her to his
heart Waa he wicked, eelflsh, to be
to glad? j
Not to face It!" he retunrt "n,,
think, Nora, juat a little naln. or ever.
a great deal, and then to see! To see,"
he said the words bravely, "to see
oaoy:
She trembled from head to tnnt nh
to see to see!
Yes, I know." she
have wanted to. but after ii ..
have been my eyes such innj
John and I'm not brave at bearing
ifiu. ivurs not vexed wltn me?"
No, darling no: but think thinb
again."
f I . , ..
u. toougni; sue answered
ed runway
ton than, fifty feet
ad straightens out Into
asy incline at it anoroachea tha
ground.
When the time It ripe for the "Dip
!
6 of ThaTTW
ment, all th
The Island o!
and 10,000 shee
company. The time
when the Islands and
nlsh all the meat Alaska
cattle winter without any shelter
with only a little hay put up to feed on
during squalls and blowe." Mllwau
kee Wisconsin.
of Detth" the auto Is raised to the
oievaieu piatrorm by means of a wire
cable. Tls Is done to afford the spec
tators an opportunity to see the ma-
i. iu ana to study its construction.
When the automobile has been placed
on Its elevated pedestal the automo
bllist ascends, takes her seat, grasps
" ana .prepares tor her thrill
ing flight No unnecessary time la
consumed In the preparation!. The
auspense Is not prolonged. Almost
, before the crowd hat nerved Ittelf
I for the ordeal the word It given and
, the auto starts upon 1U thrilling Jour
ney.
For two-thirds of Itt courts the
automobile is running right tide up.
But at the top of the loop then la a
vacant space forty-five feet across.
Just before the machine gets here It
, It turned upside down h fan.!,..
the curve of the loon.
ad I can't risk it You must thank 1 Acr0M yawning chasm tha auto
4
1W
coasW.
wanta?
auu-v.
I Tim.
istw
) uu me, ana our dear love all
I rolled up In thlt tweet, warm bundle."
The eye. that softened so wonlerfuilv me that a
aa he aaw the girl were beautiful- . I L .?? .' m . ' ""n Nora and the
all that, the man wa. not phWant to 1 Z T V Pab"C
look upon. Smallpox of the'ru? ? EL
o v. a uay lat
er, having discovered where they lived
he called upon John Le Strange
"Your wife Is blind," he said after
pnmuiiuaj-y word or two. "I thlak.
u, Jv..T ' " "una from
liriu I
" L. ... . .. .
u asw, - sne was not
blind until her fourth year. Her blind-
uoo w me outcome or tome Juvenile
complaint"
"And can, I believe, be cured," the
mo, gentiy.
vi!?n'Mhe'rt nTe phi lup.
Noras blindness cured! That would
mean that ahe would tee him; look up
on the man ahe had beliavarf hi.
ful see how he had deceived her
perhaps hate him! '-.-?'. ?
Cured!" he reneated anil rv wri
ter wondered why the man's scarred
face grew so pale. - ,
Will you allow me to examin.
wlfe'r eyeer the oculist said. "From
what I have observed -r h.
doubt that your wife may yet see "
There was a struggle for a moment
In Johns heart. The hannlr,.. hi.
life, the dear, utter hapnlneaa ami
slipping away. 1 Then the beaut r r
lent type had teamed and scared his
face, making what should haYA huM
very fair almost terrible.
You, Nora!" he said. pnrir,i
hi. . . -bs H
.v. i.uw guoa ot you to come
and tee me!" He made naa .ih...
u.u.uH w mo ordinary word.. "Come
to this chair; it's the moat comfortable
In the room. You know th.t
.. -"i " l
J VIA I
John .k youlw'r It to me,
i?-fta.Id-' 1 thlnk rm can't
"' mat tne best invarl
-u.jr ior some one else. I wonder,"
B clOBea on nB hand
he led her to a chair "why you
are sad tonight unhappy?"
He started, ever so tllghtly. I
"How did you know?" he asked.
ow wonderful you are, Nora!"
She was sitting now; he standing
ii".?! ,h.-wIPPta! her with
hto beautiful eyea, feeling he would
f T IS? wwla- "" it hit, to
take thlt dear, blind girl in hit arm.
and kiss her sweet Hps. f f
Mpp?V the antwered,
"because God, who la v.r ,,ti v..
a-iven me a greater power of percea. j
iuo uomor, ana tell mm I'm nfr.M
John, I don't seem selfish to vn.i h!
cause I won't bear pain because I
must be your blind wife, and baby's
blind mother always?"
"No," he whispered. Was ha ..ta.h
wicked, that so great a glow, of tov
tps. it is UDSIde down. Vita If....
rlcla It held In her teat by the same'
centrifugal force that keops the auto
up In position aa It filet unsupported
through space. Now the machine'
alights, stm upelda down, on tha em.
poslte tide of the gap, quickly right
pervaded bis whole being? "But, dear- 1 JUe,f bjr lowing the curve of the!
est, to be Wind ell your life, when you
a"fU V erTJTJi
She lifted her Hds and kuwi m
aionn ut scsrea cneek, the beautiful
eyes, .
"I don't mind." she nuvim nn.J
ihould I, John, when the moet'beautl-
Vr 8 " " worid it blind?"
"Ttl. IHiul 1 ...!. . .. . ...
"Love, dearett!" New Ynrb nru..
- -w.m TVTCIV
The Professor's Repast
Professor Brlerer. of tha Rriin j
leal Institute, was busllv . -.i. .'
m. i.i . - . . u
-.. aurrounoea by a fonnld
able array of chemical and bacterid.
ogicai utentlla. A dlttlngulsfed for-
yMcian caned upon h'm anil
.".ucu Daoroina lahnp in. i.
, . " 'Hi JU
me proiessor't attention
seemed to be anzloutlv hut .mm
frllv mnrAnlMinj - . " T
--u uu a vessel which
was enveloped In amoke and steam.
Guess what I am bolllnar hen i- hi.
pot," said the professor. The visiter
ugan to enumerate the entlra oi.
of microorganism. .
,.- . ,uw-i
, BOnOCOCClT" "No." "Bnlwv.
.1.. .. .. . I'.'v
"" ' . na-: "Wnat titan " "Kan
taget," replied Brlegcr. :
:':' .: "Sunk Upward."
Occasionally a mine shaft la "ai.nv
upward," to use a paradoxical emr...
tlon, for tome special reason. The
shaft it divided; temporarllv h h-..
tlce-work, the apace on one tide belna
an.a ib mmJ.uj . a
. . "'-"'u mi, and form-
In platform for the men. Eng.
neering and Mining Journal,
incline and goea rnshlns? awh..4i
wiiu uie speed of an express train.
Trousers and Jack. la uj
The president ot a large wholesale
company In Van Buren street has re-
received iron, a Customer, who
Ives In Akron, Ohio, a curio consist-
yi a natural growth of maples ao
(fashioned at to resemble a pair of
"- irousert ana part of close
nuug jacaei. The "trouaert" are
about long enough for man tlx feet
The Ohio customer hat a farm near
nl. hnm, .11. " n . '
-- """ vii. wane aininrlnap tk.
woodt a few weekt am he div..i
vivtj w ii linn nfwiiiiatfw atai.j
t r aj aiii viva niiut
(Soon afterward he had the tree felled
nd,' cutting out the
rii B"1 w unicago Una.
-""Mill ewi.
Blrdt "Go to the Bad."
Consul-General Bray reports from
Melbourne, Australia, that the English
starlings Introduced from Great Brit
ain for the destruction of Insects, and
protected by law, have changed their
habits and have become a pest to
Orchardista.
The few pair, brought Into the .tate
have Increased to myriads, and have
become so destructive to the fruit In
dustry that the regulation, framed for
their protection have been repealed
and steps are advocated for their
eradication.
, The fruit destroyed by them Includes
peaches, pears, cherries, figs, apricots,
plums, grapes, strawberrlet and ap
plet. From many dletrlctt reports
ccme thnt fruit-growing will have to
be given up unless tome radical atept
are taken.
Insect-eating blrdt, tuch at king
fishers, diamond blrdt, tree swallow.
and tree creepers are driven out of
their nesting places by atari In an and
before long these birds will be driven
out of the state.
mat is a worse record even than
the English sparrow has made In this
country.
Dew
Aged Men in Penitentiary.
viuuiei carton, xz n . m
Hagerstown. who waa ir. . '.v.
Maryland PenlntenUary Wednesdar
-J -ui,s a me aentenea in, h.
w oi oimon Talhelm, Is the oldest
prisoner in the penitentiary, and it
u,c 'wo yeara will be the nMt
OTer connned In that institution.
Joseph Worthinatnn .hn
" , " " o
iiuuuentiBry on tha rhirn
celvlng stolen goods, was U years old
when he was discharged hnt h. .
hot as old at Barton when he waa
tentenced, at he served seven years.
There are now In the institution
man 75 years old. annrh.. in ...
three who are threescore and five
Ualtlmoro Sun, '
A Ntw Niagara.
Last week there returned from
South America to New Orleans a par
ty of explorers which included. clen-
tlttt frcm different Institutions. With
a score of natives they visited the Rio
Leon territory, near the equator, and
penetrated a part never before teen
by white men.
Among the discoveries was a won
derful cascade which rivals that of the
Yosemlte In height and Niagara In vol
ume. It la orescent In form and hat
eight cataractt, divided from each oth
er by Islands smaller than those at
Niagara.' It It thought to he only a
question of a few years when these
Island, will be swept away and leave
one vast cataract The leador ot the
expedition, Prof. Caracrlatl of New Or
leans, bad visited the region twice be
fore, but did not go In ao far on hla
prevloue Journeys. This time he was
employed by a company to learn
whether the coal lands which be had
discovered were worth working. He
report, the coal to be Inferior and
transportation too coatly. PhilaJel
phla Ledger. ,
The Ancient Sioux.
The discovery on an Iowa farm of
many relics. Including human skulls
and skeletons, of an Indian race of the
existence or which there are no local
traditions and no other evidences has
interested ana pussled the historians
ana scientists of the region. Prof
Van Hynlng, of the stnto Historical de
partment, concludes that the a-ravm
are a splendid representation of tha
once thrifty and powerful
we bioux and that the graves sntodate
tne settlement of the whlta m.
Black locust trees, two feet In dltmel
ter, are growing on some of thn fen-ini
mounds, which alone ia proof lot nreait
7
it
er God fitrs.
What we needTov
wiin uoa on it.
havoc with our Idea
and the result Is a flabblneaa
ilblllty nnd a laxness of conductX'
unless counteracted, will lend tn
ruin. The pessimism and hopeless
nes. .o prevalent to-day, even among
iMuirsniug vimsinms are tne direct
result of a failure to grasp tho funda
mental doctrine of God's omnipotent.
Along with the doctrine of God's
sovereignity will go the doctrine of
Hit Immanence. It Is sn nl.l rinntrin.
couched In fresh phraseology and with
new light shot throneh It liv
science. The doctrine Is written large
across the pages of Scrlnture. anil In
every laud and time the salntt have
known that God dwells :n the heart,
of men. lu Him we live nnd move
and have our heinir . anoi
imig aau uecnircti, Ana Centuries be
fore Paul', day a Hebrew poet thrilled
by the thought of God', o-nnipoteuce
.wrote the 139th Psalm.
lost tiod Is above nil ami i. Mill n.h
all, and in r.ll. and thnt nf uim
lurougn nun ana to Him are all
thing, la one of the cnmmnnni.n..
th. UI1.I-.
ana wueiuer we use the old
phrase, "the Indwelling God," or the
phrase now most popular, "the imma
nent God," the thought needs to be
jmphaslaed and wrought into the con
clousnest of the Christian, of our day1
that God I. in HI. world and dwells
in special fulness In the heart, of those'
who love and serve Him.
ftor will the holiness of God be for
gotten. The deenitenx. nt ...
of tin has been caused by the blur-'
ring or the doctrine of God't holiness;
ainer t.-.s tne title by which
Jesus knew God. and It Is thus that
we must know Htm If It Is to be well
with our souls. The forms in which
retribution wat often nreachni in
ceding generations were to grotesque
and arbitrary that tome of ut have
been ashamed to tay it right Out clear
and ttrone. that nnd imn.h.. ...
for .heir tics. In the coming day we
are going to believe again that whatso
ever a man soreth that shall ha !.
nwp, mac witoout holiness no man can
tee the Lord, that there Is no peace
unto the wicked, that the soul that tin-
neta aiet in tne act or ita .innim,
that God it ca'llog upon men every-
No man a-nnnlntari with tn.
mg or tne t latest science need be
asnamed or afraid to nreneh tha inxt
rlgoroue doctrine of retribution. "Ion
vrcneuen ao not tell men often enough
that every tin bring, itt Inevitable
punishment," I. a sentence snoken to
me years ago by a physician. Behold
the goodness and teverity of Godl Thl.
It the comnletlna ttntemnnt: nf th.
amniie, ana tne prophets who are re
deem the twentieth century will let the
sentence ttand without abridgment
With cKlet rotting at our doort and
the wall of the damned rinelna- in our
eara. and with an ancient emnira
crumbling to pieces before onr eyes,
It Is not hard to believe thnt while
God It n.-.iJjr always to forgive the
penitent He Will bv no manna anara
the guilty.
Heboid your tied! will ha th. .ti.
ring note of the coming message, and
the only God who will atlr tha narta
of the people will be the God wbo It
revealed In Jeant Cnrlst Christ la
God manlfett it the flesh. Ha la tha
"pres. image or Hit father. Throngu
Him the revclat.oa of the Infinite
heart bat come. In saelrnr uim m.
the leather, and we come to the Father
only through Him. We do not tee
thrist at He it uulest we tee In Him
"Undt
rtouSC
When
whlnnlna W,
Jail, recently hatfouhauT
rdt-Me-Up.
tto
the museum of the York County his
torical Society. The whip was used
by the county sheriffs and their de
puties "under authority of our sover
eign Lord, King Oeo.V.e." The site of
the Jail I now occupied by a modern
business building.
The whip was made of strips of
rawhide tightly wrapped and woven
and terminating In two long lashes.
The lash It about 28 lnchea In length
and It attached to a handle of deer
horn about 9 Inches long. The han
die Is ornamented with crude carr
lngs, of ring, and diagonal linea run
sing between.
The late Jerj Culllion, father ot
Obe Culllson, found it In the attle of
the Colonial Court House, when that
structure was torn down in 1841, and
the relic was preserved In thl Cull!
son family until Its recent presenta
tion to the Historical Society.
The whipping post was In use In
Tork County under th) provincial law
from 1749, the year of the erection of
the county, until 1776, when corporal
punishment ot criminals was prohlV
lted by the first constitution of the
new commonwealth. Under the Eng
lish : law, criminal, guilty of theft,
burglary counterfeiting, and wife
beating, after being convicted in open
court, were sentenced to he tied to
the whipping pott and whipped in
public. ;
' In archives of the York County
Court there are records showing that
fifty persona wen punlcbci at tho
Whipping pott One fellow, guilty ot
counterfeiting Spanish coins, la 1765,
received thirty-nine lashes ru the
bare back and waa told Into trervltude
for two years because he could not
pay a fine ot 100.
lar,
MS fir
n-rougns cra-you lend me aTdol-
old man? Markley Don't talk
Compaas With a History.
B. H. Doughton ot Barre, Vt, hat
a surveyor's compass which may bf
tha first ever made In America, It
waa built by Peregrine White, who
was - born on the Mayflower as th
vessel lay off the coast waiting tot
a chance to make a landing. The
compass Is encased in hand hammer
ed brass and the needle la said to
point at true to-day at In tha day ot
tt maker.
Good Work of Post office Men.
- A postcard from New Zealand, ad
dressed to "Thomaa R. Clemas, Kng'
land, via 'Frisco," has been delivered
to a Telgnmouth town official, for
whom It waa intend")
that way. 8urely you don't mean that?
Burrougns Why don't I? Markley
You mean, "Will you lend me a dol
lar?" Philadelphia Press. "
Clarissa Of course, I love you, Clar
ence. Haven't I Juat danced eight
dances with you? Clarence I don't
see any proof in that Clarissa But
you would If you only knew how you
dance. Chicago Dally News.
"After all," said the moralist "the
Almighty Dollar is man's greatest ene
my. It " "If that's so," Inter-
rupted old Roxley. "I guess that
young wife of mine merely lovos me
ror the enemies I've made." Philadel-
pbta Press.
Alice When I came In she was turn.
Ing her rusty black silk Inside out"
Carrie And no doubt singing, "Turn
ye, turn ye, for why will you dye?"
She Invariably sings something appro-
prlate, no matter what she Is doing. '
Boston Transcript
Lady For goodness sakes, Bridget
what kind of greens are these? Brld-
get The tplnage wag fed to the cow
by mistake, ma'am, so I cooked up one -
o' them parlor palms. The guests '"
won't know the difference. LWy-H
But, Bridget! Those paimt were ar
tificial .'Detroit Fro Prest.
Ma," said Tommy Twaddles, look
ing up from hla reading ot "Terry the
Tentpot," "what Is a bootless at-
tempt?" "It't the sort your father
makes to get In without my hearing
him when he comet home late from
the club," answered Ma Twaddles, in
cisively." Pa dcesn't stop to remove
"em at the foot of .the ttalrs now. He
knows It't no use. Cleveland Leader.
Value of General Culture.
We mutt educate everybody In our
re.pectlve neighborhoods In order that
we may have the benefit of competi
tion and ot appreciation.' ' You may
educate your son and daughter to the
fullest extent possible, giving to them
the learning of all the world and put
them after their education in a com
munity where there are no other edu
cated people, and they will fall to grow
and develop at they would If they liv
ed In a community where there waa
general culture. The man who stands
easily head and shoulders above hla
neighbors will never be very tall. - If
he la to turpast his neighbors and be
really great, he must hare neighbors
who are almost great themselves. He
cannot work out of himself the bent
there It In him until he Is forced to do
so by the con etltlon of others almost
or quite as strong at he Is. Governor
C. B. Aycock In National Magazine.