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FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JULY 26, 1905.
NUMBER 30
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WILDWOOD
Cloven, wlldwood flowers.
In s sheltered dell they inwi
1 hurried aloag and I chanced to spy
This until starnower with Itt lilrerT eye;
Then this blue daisy peeped op It head.
Sweetly toll purple orchla spread.
I lathered them all for you.
I nthered them all tor you,
All these wlldwood flowers, .
' : Sweet wlldwood flowers.
All these wlldwood (lowers.
Sweet wlldwood flowers.
A Lawyer's
BY ANASTA3IA.
Mr. Frederic Gunning glanced at the
dock on his office wall. Mis. Antoin
ette Carroll had written that she would
call at three o'clock and It now lacked
fifteen minutes to the appointed time.
There was a looking-glass hsnglnj,
under the clock, and from his po
sition at his desk he could see his own
reflection. Today he consulted the
mirror frequently, and seemed well
satisfied with what he saw. He strok
ed his brown mustache affectionately,
and his expression became animated,
and even gay.
"Egad. Freddy," he said to himself,
"you are looking well today! You
ought to make a strong impression on
the prima donna."
He was thirty years old, a lawyer,
and unmarried, and In spite of a few
unreliable traits of character, he was
a favorite- with women. Women have
learned by experience that they may
not expect perfection In men. If Gun
ning was vain, he was forgiven be
cause he was no more so than many
uglier men.
He had known Antoinette Carroll in
a country village where he had passed
a Bummer, and where she hid lived
nearly all her life. Since then she had
become a popular singer in light opera.
Gunnine had the usual Interest felt
by men for women who succeed, but
he thought lightly of Miss Carroll's
profession. He believed that none of
the girls on the stage ever did succeed
without the assistance of some mule
friend, who secured for them engage
ments a-nd fine feathers. Gunning bad
learned some of the vernacular of the
greenroom and called these gentlemen
"angels," and he had a deep-rooted
conviction that none of them led heav
enly llve, or were disinterested In
their favors.
Miss Carroll had written that she
wished to consult him on a matter of
business, and be wondered If she had
a breach of promise case on hand, or
If be was to hear the detail of an
unsuspected and flimsy marriage con
tract. When. she arrived aha appeared to
blm even prettier than when' he had
met her in the country, and her "style"
I
3
MS unmistakably betteY Ha received
ffuelvely, and with more familiar
anner than he wtou
iy rebuke him, she
sheTSl
after a fashion that nettled
He said to nlmsen wai mis
girl, who had recently risen from the
ranks of the chorus, was pujuua u
unnecessary airs.
She stated briefly that she wanted to
sue her manager because be had failed
to pay her salary, and was soon to
leave tho country. -Gunning assured
" her that be would look after her lnter
. eats with the devotion and faithfulness
of a lifelong friend; then he refused
her proffered retainer, and the Inter
' tlew was over.
, After that he fell Into the hsblt of
visiting her, snd posed as her bene
j (actor. He showered bouquets upon
J her, and began a suit In her behalf
agalpst- her manager. She consulted
Sunning' about most of her affairs,
and he greatly enjoyed the position he
held of adviser to this captivating wo
man. He would have enjoyed It more If
ihe had not occasionally evinced so
auch shrewdness that she appeared
Iqulte able to take care of herself; and
he was rendered uncomfortable ' at
times because he rarely saw her alone.
' She had many visitors and among
' them waa Rodman Gregory.
He was a native of the village In
which she had been reared, and was
a millionaire. He was fifty years old
r- taciturn man, who was rather lone
' ly In spite of his wealth, snd who en
"joyed Antoinette's society and her
singing, although he did not know ons
tune from another.
, It annoyed Fred to find him tn the
' prima donna's sitting room, snd he
would scarcely have borne the tnflic-
. Uon with grace If the man bad not
been so inordinately rich.
" don't like the old chap," he said
to Antoinette. "He sits about here snd
looks at you, but he doesn't do a
thing for you. Why doesn't he send
you a present occasionally, or help yon
" to rise tn your profession? -A million
airs can do a lot of things to help his
friends without much sacrifice to him
self; "I am doing very well," sha said. .'1
" don't like to be under personal obliga
tions., It even disturbs me to know
that you are being troubled with my
law business." - - f . i " ' .
. .- 'You need not think of that," he
answered; "I Intend to Show your'
manager that be can't .Impose on my
little friend without coming In contact
with me.' ! couldn't take any payment
from you; but If you wished to do me
a favr- that is worth mors to me tb.au
money; you could probably do it"
"How could I benefit you?"
She was looking at him so shrewdly
now that she embarrassed him.
"I am doing well In my profession,
too," he said, with an attempt at care
less speech; "but my wants are num
erous, and they are my children crying
' aloud for money. Gregory could stop
their mouths and make me rich. Hs
controls a huge corporation that la be
ing constantly attacked by smaller
ones. The litigations against It are Sir
most countless, and are such heavy
ones that S lawyer's fortune would be
made If he could represent the great
company. I would not auk for any
greater advertisement than to be con
nected with one of these famous lawsuits."
FLOWERS.
Flower, lorely flower,
In the fardel) we mmv aeei
The nee I there with her ruby
lb
IMnk the honey-bee lore to up,
Tnllna. mm m htif terflv wins.
Marigolds, rlrh ss the crown of a king,
Rl-h as the crown of a king:
Hut none so fslr to ate.
Hut none so (sir to aie,
A these wlldwood flowers,
Sweet wlldwood flowere:
A these wlldwoooT flowers, i
Sweet wlldwood flowers.
-Old School Book.
Lost Case,
"Well?" the girl said, still waiting
for htm to put bis wish Into words.
"If you choose to ask Gregory to
give me a big case, he might do it.
You are a diplomat, and wealthy men
are proud" to be the friends of women
who are on the stage. He could make
me rich without stirring from his office
chair."
She knew mat he expected her to
mike the suggested effort In his be
half, and she went to the financier's
office for that purpose. Gregory was
seated in the center of the room,
where he appeared more at hla ease'
than In the singer's little room. An
toinette knew considerable about the
silent man's strong personality, and
admired him greatly here, where he
controlled millions of dollars, and held
a giant corporation under his. direc
tion. "Why are you so much Interested in
this young man's success?" he asked,
when she had stated her errand.
She colored slightly under his keen
eyes, but answered, readily:
"He has taken my case without com
pensation. He Is clever, and I want
him to have a chance of success."
Is his kindness disinterested? Is
he not fond of you?".
"He U not fond of me. He would not
think of marrying a woman who is on
Iho stage. He does not know it, but
at heart he is an aristocrat, although
he is an obliging one. I would be glad
if I could rid myself of all obligations
to him, even If by so doing I must
transfer It to you."
Gregory was flattered.
"If he deserves It, I will give him
an important cast," he said. "I wllj
Judge of his ability by the way he con
ducts yours. Wbr-n that has been set
tled I will decide what I shall do."
"Mine will not be a fair test," she
said; "foT he will do it for friendship,
not for money."
"It will be the best possible test," he
contradicted. "A man who would ne
glect his friend's interests could be
trusted with nothing." 1
She had to be content with that. Af
terward she told Gunning that the fin
ancier had given her no definite an
swer, but that she believed sha baa
edly'sa&x
an
lie
egregioury
singer, bu -fng to
rer in bis deTti-mirt r He hold
waver
himself that If she managed to secure
him a case that would be talked of
all over the country, she would de
serve some reward. If she helped him
to become famous, and he was rich
enough, he would want to marry her.
"I know that aba likes me," he re
flected. "She wouldn't have gono to
the old man for the case If she hadn't
been rather fond of me. Well, some
dsy her Interests and mine may be
the same, and then she will doubtless
be glad she helped ma to succeed."
Later be grew restless, because he
beard no' more of the prospective case,
and urged her to Jog the millionaire's
memory on the subject; but she de
clined to do so.
It will do no good to worry him,"
she said. "When he is ready, he will
send for you."
She observed that Fred talked very
little about her own lawsuit now, and
that his Interest In It appeared to have
waned. Still, she did not ten him
how Important it had become to htm
that he should win It. Sometimes she
was tempted to do so, for she had a
new use for the money Involved in ber
suit which she did not care K men
tion. , i
She was accustomed to lam audi
ences and to the publicity tor. which
ber profession subjected her, 'fit she
dreaded the court rcom. Had Mr case
not been a just one she wood have
abandoned it before it was cached,
for she experienced the worst attack
of atage fright shs had even known.
She could not even ask a postptaement
of the trial, for her maaagerihad en
gaged passage for Europe, aiM would
be out of the Jurisdiction of
if her case was not tiled o
he court
the an
pointed day.. In her extn
turned to Fred Gunning,, a
ility shs
gained
comfort from the thought thJhe would
see her safely through thefdeal. Hs
was to meet -her In the cotjfroom, and
she went there with a nfjfsant sense
of being the object of trf are a feel
Ing that Is always gratlfflig
' to a wo-
manly woman. - .'
She did not enjoy tb experience
long, for when aha reao m the vestlr
buie of the courtroom Ted was nojr
theie. His office boy w1 1 waiting for
ber with a letter, which lie hurriedly
read, aa follows: ' '. j I
"Don't be angry, but tan not be in
court this morning. I j 1 very sorry,
for yours Is the first at on tbe cal
endar. Hodman GregorLhas sent for
me, snd I must go to h Junes at ones
and see about his buslnjl You know
cannot lose this chas t-whlch may
mean thousands for rut for tbe com-,
paratively trilling mat of yours.
The court will assign; u counsel If
you ask for it and yfc ire so clever
that I know you will
IP ft
through sll
right. Yours la gmi
JThe girl wss angry.
tote.
UNNINQ.
the stood for
a moment looking th
door of the courtrooi
that there was not a!.
4igh the peu
Bho -observed
i as there, and
ths crowd within sesr 1
snd altogether "vulgf
frowsy, dirty
Borne of ths
men stared at her v-
.U I .
pudently, snd
sisBsai ii imii m ' isasiii i, 'U,, ssjsjss"" I
iuv yium inn wuyi
gusted her.
P
II
"l can't go Into that horrid sworn
alone," she said to the boy; "you way
tell Mr. Gunning that my case will be
dismissed because I -have no one to
represent me. I have treated him bet
ter than he has me."
Gunning had to wait in the million
aire's outer office for nearly an hour
before he was admitted to his pres
ence. He was greatly surprised when
Mr. Gregory opened the conversation
about Miss Carroll's lawsuit..
"I thought I would learn from you
exactly how It Is progressing," he said;
"I am desirous that all her wrongs
shall be righted, and .she sssures me
that you are very much her friend."
Gunning fidgeted uneasily . in his
chair. '
"Her case has'nt been tried yet," he
ssld. .
"It will be a shame, It she loses it,
and the money she has earned," Greg
ory continued. "A woman who makes
a fight to support herself deserves to
have her Interests protected."
Gunning assured the gentleman that
he waa of the same opinion. In real
ity, the young man wag at his wits'
end to know how to escape from an
awkward situation. If Miss Carroll
hsd been assigned counsel, and the
trial was now In progress, It was pos
sible that he might Join her In time
to be of service. It would never do
to have her tell Mr. Gregory that her
lawyer abandoned her.
"Miss Carroll's case will be on to
day," he said, with- some desperation,
and I muBt hurry back to her. I
would not have left her for anyone but
you, Mr. Gregory. I understood that
you had some important business for
me, and I was desirous' of serving
you."
"I told Miss Carroll that I would
help you to make your fortune If you
conducted her business satisfactorily.
Gunning'a face was crimson and full
of perplexity. He was saying to him
self: "What does he mean? Is It possible
the old fox sent for me just to see if
I would leave her in the lurch?"
To Gregory he said: - .
"I will do my "best for my client,
you may be sure. I need no incentive
but my desire for her good."
He bowed himself out aa soon as
possible, and rushed over to the court
house, hoping that he might still be iu
time to plead her case. He was furi
ously angry because Antoinette had
failed to tell him how important it
was to bis personal Interests. He
came Into court, breathless and per
spiring, only to learn that he wee too
late. The case had been dismissed
through his failure to prosecute It.
He decided to go to the house and
urge her to help blm out of what he
designated as "a confounded hole."
He came Into her room, looking wor
ried and dejected, and found Rodman
Gregory there before him. He was sus
picious that the latter had played him
a trick, and bis manner had none of
the marked courtesy that had pre
viously characterized It Gregory
opened the .conversation while they
waited for Miss Carroll to appear.
" ' 'i 1 nil conslrlnrahlA nf vntir time
g," he said, "and I real-
Indebted to you. I was
Antoinette figure in
and by your ue'nfl6n"j
od your astonishing disregard
jul nT interests you sided me 1n keep
jr Ing her out of court."
Gunning's blood was up, and he
spoke with reckless disregard of con
sequences: "You sppear to have taken unwar
rantable interest In my affairs. I am
not aware that I have any business
that concerns you."
"Then you never will have any,"
Gregory retorted. "Perhaps you had
better curb your temper, and hear
what I have to say. You did me the
favor of coming to my office when I
sent for you, but you did so at tho ex
pense of the woman who has promised
to be my wife. She thought you could
not be attracted away from her-cause;
but 1 believed you were fonder of
money than of anything else under
heaven, and I Judged you nore cor
rectly than , she did."
Gunning would have broken into
violent Invectives then If be bad not
been restrained by a certain flinty ex
pression - about Gregory's - mouth,
which boded ill if the Interview con
tinued. Still, he asked a question:
"Were you in earnest when you said
that Miss Carroll intends to marry
you?"
"You cannot consider me capable of
jesting on auch a subject! It waa her
desire to psy for her trousseau with
the money she hsd earned by her pro
fession. I will marry her without the
trousseau."
- Whereupon Gunning left the house
in profound disgust
"I bate these professionals,'" he said
to himself. "They are so confoundedly
calculating and clever. Who would
have supposed that Antoinette Would
have thought of marrying old Greg
ory, or that she wduld have stooped
to recover recover a few dollars tn
court when she was about to marry k
millionaire?. She was very pretty,
though" ihe half regarded her ss
though shs were deceased "and she
looked unsophisticated and good, Who
would have supposed she was setting
her trap for such enormous game? j
must have been hard hit to feel this
so keenly," be continued. "If I had
won her case, I would have had her
gratitude for life, and Gregory would
have mads me rich,, It would hate
been great luck, so far as it went: but. J
alter ail, I never could Have won th
woman." New York Weekly. .
m. mm - ... -1
, Decorating.
"I've often wondered why women
don't take their own coloring Into ac
count in decorating their rooms," re
marks a beauty "expert" But would
nt It be simpler and less expensive
for women to take the coloring of
their rooms into account In decorat
ing themselves? Of course, ' there
would necessarily result a few Isolat
ed instances where they would look
like Japanese vases modified with
stucco and amplified with Indigo, but,
on ths other hand, some of those who
nave undergone the peroxide, enamel.
belladonna and carmine treatment
might submit to chsnges that would
make them appear almost human. And
that would- be something. Louisville
Courier-Journal. (
Sweden and Norway are the only
countries , where practically - every
grown man can road and write.
f am
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TRAINING FOR THE NATY
ISLAND BOYS THAT UNCLE SAM
V is WATCHING.
t hers Is Only On School In the
Country tyodeled After Annapolis
' A Combination of Jackie and School
boy to Be Found on Lake Msxln-
kuckse at Culver, nd.
Something of the soldier's training
has been welded Into many schools.
Not so with the sailors. There are
miniature West dints In almost every
state, but schools modeled after An
napolis are not so easy to find. Were
you to' look for such a school In tbe
most llkoly place, on tbe Atlantic or
Pacific seaboard, you would seek It In
vain. As a matter of fact, the only
spot at present where you will find the
combination of Jackie and schoolboy
Is on an Island lake In a western state,
on Lake Maxinkuckee, at Culver, tnd.
Nor la even this an all-yeapround af
fair, but a summer School that con
tents itself with a brief eight weeks'
session, in which man-of-war cutters
play a mors prominent part than class
rooms, and It which the hardening of
muscles and the getting of a healthy
coat of tan take precedence over even
auch things aa Latin snd Greek.
But, despite Its briefness, It Is a ses
sion which amply Justifies Itself by
the wealth of refreshment it affords
the tired schoolboy. It commends It
self also to Uncle Sam by reason of
the Interest in the navy It arouses
among the western youth, and because
the training they receive should make
of them good material for off cers of
the naval militia. In fact, the navy
department has sent out to this little
western lake an equipment of man-of-war
cutters similar to those used in
the boat drills of the midshipmen at
Annapolis,- and has lent Hotchktss
guns and other expensive equipment.
It Is not In keeping with the hustling
spirit of today that a boy even In sum
mer time should spend three long
months without sim or purpose, snd
so summer camps snd other forms of
organized vacations have come Into ex
istence. But it Is doubtful If any of
these make such a strong appeal to
a boy's natural tastes or give- him
more wholesome refreshment a brown
er skin, or harder muscles than this
naval course.
Certainly boys could not enter Into a
thing with keener seat and more
enthusiasm than Is put into the man
ning of oars and halvards by the cad
ets of Culver summer naval school.
Even sn old man-o'-war'a man would
not disapprove of the aeamanly way
In which they get up maata and make
sail, or of the precision with which
they handle their oars, snd of the long,
steady stroke with which they make
the big cutters fairly Jump throughl
'.he water.
Under any conditions a boy loves to
row and sail, but possibly the secret
at the extra enthusiasm of the Culver
lads lies tn the appeal that a real man-1
o'-war cutter makes to the loveJfTrBurlng twenty-five years
romance Inherent In every -toy; for
are not these cutters- 'the landing
boats and mess eager of the nsvy?
WPT tftPT- not used in cutting the ca
ble at Cardenas snd In landing troops
In (Cubs, and, In fact, would not the
history of our navy be Incomplete
without them?
The nautical appearance of ths cut-
terJL with their spotless and shining
brasswork, and of their canvas-clad
crews,also lend Interest to the work.
And, besides, a cutter drill under oars
or sail ia a far different thing from
plain rowing or Sailing. Under oars
a pennant files in the bow, and the
United States colors from the stem.
The masts are unstepped, and with
sails neatly made up, are laid along
the running board. One cadet perched
In I'm coxswain's box handles ths til
lers and gives the orders to the ten
csdets at the oars. When he com
mands "Toss!" the ten oars must
spring skyward ss one; when he com
mends "Let fall!" they must strike
the gunwalo with a single thud. And
these oars are no llghtspoon-blads,
sculls, but are fourteen feet of heavy
ash, veritable telegraph poles. Doubt
less were you to try to toss one, with
out knowing the knsck of It, it would
play seesaw with you over the gun
wale. When the Individual crews have
learned bow to give way together, and
to back water port and give way star
board; in other words, to handle their
cutters quickly In response to com
mands, the cutters are drilled togeth
er. Varloua combinations of gaily col
ored slgnsl flags are displayed at the
mast of the Instructor's launch, and
In response to these ths cutters
maneuver into various formations, Just
as tbe ships of a squadron would do on
signal from the flagship.
All of this Is Interesting enough; but
during the race under oars, a feature
of almost every drill, no cadet over re
members that handling a fourteen-foot
oar ia anything like work. Each young
ster bends to his oar as B his (Its de
pended upon bis cuttej; being first,
and the coaxwaln calls stroke and ex
citedly urges them on to greater effort;
yet with all this exertion tbe victori
ous men of the crew never fall to have
enough wind left at the finish to an
nounce their triumph with a lusty
cheer. ""-
For the drill i under sail, oars are
tossed and boated, and at the com
mand of "Up masts!" each cadet
springs to his place, ths masts are
whisked from ths thwarts snd step
ped, topmasts raised, shrouds made
fast and sheets, hauled flat aft, and In
veritable "presto change" fashion the
ten-oared row boats have taken nnto
themselves wings, and are scudding
over tbe lake. A cadet tends the
main sheet, Snd another the fore, sheet,
another the Ijib. They must not bvlsy
their sheets) but must stand ready to
let them fly jthe Instant the coxswain
commands. Another cadet In ths bow
keeps a brl;ht lookout ahead. The
rest of the crew keep down In the.
boat cltmbln ; to windward when the
coxswain n tit shift of ballast and
ready, at anj, instant, to lend a band
in bralllng uk or lowering away. :
Then the (cadets are taught to
splice and tolue knots, and the other
things of nkrlinsplke seamanship.
Xbey learn td box the compass, snd.
are Initiated lhto the mysteries of the
sextant, and df "shooting the sun."'
But the mostTlnterestlng drill of all j
porhaps Is when the Hotchklss rapid-1
fire guns are Mounted In the bows o' j
tie cutters, ant each man at the can ,
has a rifle beside him on the thwart
and a goodly supply of blank ammuni
tion, A landing is to be made, and
an attack on an Imaginary enemy on
the shore. The Hotchklss gun crew
begins to pound away at once; shot
after shot Is Bred; each time the cut
ter staggers between the recoil of the
gun and its own momentum, Finally,
as 'the cutters approach the shore and
the keels grate on the bottom, tbe cad
ets on the thwarts quickly toss their
oars, boat them, spring overboard,
and, clinging to the gunwale, rush the
cutters high on shore. Tljen they
grasp their rifles and form a long
skirmish line, popping away, and ad
vancing determinedly on the enemy.
When he has been successfully repuls
ed; In othr words, when the blsnk
ammunition : Is sll expended, they
shove off sgaln, and as the boats float
free, they clamber over -the gunwale,
dripping wet and thoroughly happy.
The -cadets do not confine them
selves to boating alone, but Indulge in
swimming, water polo, tilting matches,
swimming races, baseball, tennis, and
In fact all the out-door sports dear to
a- boy's heart The social feature is
not neglected either, and ths cadets
are permitted to Invite admiring fem
ininity for pleasure sails In their cut
ters and to a weekly dance or cotillion
in the cadet gymnasium. In the fore
noons there is some studying, but not
enough to do more than make the rest
of the day more attractive, -
As for discipline, the cadets are re
quired to observe the rules of naval
courtesy and to walk and stand erect,
to be prompt and precise. They are
organised . Into a naval battalion of
four sections and form and march to
meals, and each day at sunset they
art drawn up In line for the firing of
the evening gun snd the lowering of
the colors. Whenever a cadet desires
to go beyond the limits for social or
other reasons he must have a pass
signed by the commandant but these
passes are freely granted, the only
condition being that they shall not be
abused.
Last summer tbe cadets spent
week at St. Louis. The cutters were
carried down on flat cars, and each
day the cadets gave drills in the grand
basin of the exposition. This was the
flrrt time that naval craft had ever
appeared among the launches and gon
dolas of an exposition lagoon, and
during each afternoon drill thousands
of spectators gathered to see them. At
several of the drills distinguished vis
itors were tendered the honorary com
mand of each cutter for a race between
the crews. On one occasion Gen. Ed
mund Rice, the president's representa
tive at the exposition, reviewed the
cadets, and In the race that concluded
the drill his cutter was first to cross
ths line the grey-haired general tak
ing almost ss keen Interest In tbe out
come ss did the excited youngsters In
the coxswain's box. Major L. R.
Glgnllllat, in Scientific American.
j QUAINT AND CURIOUS,
of mar
Vied llfV couple who arrived recent-
ny at NapleiffPtn Zanzibar, have had
$a children, 27 ofwhom are still alive.
During me voyage wy "e mwuu,
the family occupied
cabins with
thrtee berths In esch.
S. Terry, a business man ol
DowVns, Kan., haa a postal card on
whloJh are written 4400 words, or 17,
600 letters, all done with a common
pen and without the aid of a magnify
ing glass. Ons sentence of ten words
is repeated 440 times, snd each sen
f ence la about an inch long and about
onc-tentlh of an Inch high. The letter
ing la scarcely legible wthout a glass,
A London hotel keeper possesses a
remarkabfte suits of furniture. For
many yean he hsd collected empty
matchboxes, which were finally made
by a skllleU cabinet maker into arti
cles of furkilture. Tbe out lit con
sists of a writing table with smoking
apparatus, 4 Are screen, a cabinet, a
chair and snpaller srtlclee, in the con
struction of vhlch many thousands of
boxes werl employed. Brooklyn
Eagle.
A process has been Invented by an
Englishman foAglvIng artificial age to
wood. He replaces the sap of trees
by beet sugar Or saccharine. Newly
L felled wood Is llild on a wagonette,
which Is rolled Opto a huge cylinder,
provided with piptes. The cylinder Is
supplied with suatar Tor saccharine.
Hot water Is then forced through the
pipes.' Tbe best v bolls the sugar,
which penetrates the pores of the
wood. :
4'
, The evolution of the canary of to
day from Its enositor-r-or should lt.be
ancestor!? of soma nenturln sco. Is
atTwonderful as the bringing of. our
present queen of the garden from Its
humble progenitor, the wild-rows of
our hedgerows. There surely could
hardly be a contrast . store striking,
says a writer In "Cage Blrds." than
that twlxt ths modern (created can
ary, with its wonderful liead feather,
or the giant Lancashire and the greenish-yellow
little ereaturesX who flut
tered and sang In the orangJj groves of
the sunny Islands whence they take
their name."
Tbe oldest lawsuit In North Caro
lina Is now being finally settleld. It Is
that of ths Eastern band of Cnerokee
Indians against W, H. TbomaVs and
others, involving a great man thou
sand acres of land and also otner In
terests. Thomas was for someVyear
before the civil wsr the chief or the
Eastern band, and raised a leglojn of
troops from among his Cheroksts,
which was in tbe Confederate service,
being one of the North Carolina regi
ments. The case began in 1887, In
the federal court for ths ' wes
Nortn- Carolina district, and since
that date more than 90 attorneys ha tie
been employed. Every ; lawyer whl
waa first employed hsa died,
One. Bird Bsrred. .
"Can we keep birds?" Inquired Mr.
Younghusband, . who was looking at
the flat . ..... : .
Well, you can keep canaries and
such birds as them," replied the gn
Inl landlord, "but there's one bird
bsrred from these apartments."
"Wbst bird Is that?"
"The stork." Louisville Courier
Journal
THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. T. C. MeCLELLAND.
Sobjeeii What Is Chrlstlaaltyt
Brooklyn,. N. Y.-In Memorial Pres
byterian Church Sunday morning tbe
pnstor, the Ber. T. Calvin McClelland,
Ph.D., preached on "What Is Chris
tianity?" Tbe text wss from Acts xlxi
23: "And tbe samestlms there occurred
no small atlr about that way." Dr.
McClelland said:
The name Christianity Is not In the
Bible. Before tbs religion of Jesus
was molded Into a creed or organised
Into a church It was called simply tbe
Wsy. Tbat wss tbe name given It by
its friends and Its toes. After Jesus
died the young men who bad been His
students were siked and they asked
themselves wbst hsd Jesus given
them? He had given them wonder
ful words, but He hsd done some
thing more than set them to learn
ing precepts to be repeated parrot-like.
He had formed them into
a circle, but tbe gift He bad left
them was not a society. He hsd
given them not something to believe
nor something to Join, not a creed nor
a church, but just a way of living.
And so they called Christianity the
Way.
Iu a little book called ths Acts of
the Apostles we hsve pen pictures of
the lives of these first Christians, and
these pictures show a likeness In their
Wsy of living, snd that Way they bad
Is marked by four characteristic:
. First. The first Christians lived ss
servants of Jesus.
Second. Those first Christians lived
by the strength of God.
Third. Those first Christians lived
In devotion to tbe common dntlee.
Fourth. Those first Christians lived
with men ss brothers.
Let ns study these four points.
The first Christians bad a way, of liv
ing as servants of Jesus. That is, they
took Jesus' word as law. Tbey called
themselves His "slaves;" their fsvor
ite name for Jesus was "Lord;" thst
means simply, master, director, cblef.
It waa their passion for Jesus which
won for them tbelr first nickname. Tbe
heathen called them "Christians'" that
is, (he party controlled by Christ This
was not tbe name they gave them
selves. Tbelr common name for them
selves wss "The Brothers." But more
than their love for one another, tbelr
subjection to Christ impressed tbelr
pagan neighbors, snd so they came to
be relied Christians.
Wby did they call Jesus? They hsd
no theology of His person. Yon hunt
tbe Acts of the Apostles from jegln
nlng to end without finding sny specu
lation about tbe second person of tbe
Trinity, or the deity of Jesus. These
speculations came years sfter. At first
Jesus was sn absolute Master, and He
was a Master, because though He bad
been crucified, He had risen from the
dead. Jesus bad passed through death
Into life; they bad not expected It, and
in tbelr exuberance over it what was
there to do but to make themselves
slaves of ths man who hsd given them
this brand new reality? "He delivered
tbem, who, through fear of death were
all their lifetime subject to bondage."
And so they made that empty grave
a throne and the risen Lord sat upon
it. Bo tbs first characteristic of tbe
Christian wsy wss it lived in subjec
tion to Jesus.
The second chifrscterl
Christians' way of 1W
lleved tliev llvc.
Ood. Tho
belnn
ii:
Holy
moved
hearts. Tbi
sclousuess, this
ss being concern
being end doing. The'
sctousness. the descent
Boul.'ls placed in tbe openW
story as tbe most memorable,
about tbe wsy. Every Individual,
too common people, wno took jes
for their Lord, felt tbat tbelr life and
God's were all of one piece. The work
ing of tbla soul of God. this Holy
Spirit was felt everywhere and in
everything. By His power they
prescbed, taught, hesled and ordered
their outward and Inward life. Every
thing the first Christians ssld or did
wss ssld or done by tbe strength of the
Fstber-uod,
Tbe third charscterlstic of tbe first
Christians' way of living was, they
laid emphasis on the common duties.
The Immediate followers of Christ be
lieved that their first business wss to
do tbelr duty. "The frou of the
Spirit," they said, tbat is, the Imme
diate result of this subjection to Christ
and this nnlon with tbe soul of God,
"is love, joy, peace, long suffering, gen
tleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-
control." Tbe lives tbat they lived in
subjection to Jesus snd by the strength
or uou tney lived in the midst of men.
Now this characteristic of the first
Christians way of living is all the
more remarkable when yon remember
that these men were for tbe most part
Jews. They hsd been brought np to
believe that religion wss summed np
in exsct observance of eccleslssticsl
forms.- A Jew's religion consisted of
the offering of certain prayers in a cer
tain way, at certain times of tbs dsy,
f vsrious washings of the hands, of
prescribed visits to tbe temple, with
prescribed gifts for esch visit. To per
form these snd a thousand other cere
monies wss to bs religious, and the
performance of these things took pre
cedence of sll else. For Instance, it
wss granted by the Jews thst It wss a
duty to honor father and mother, but,
since tne commandment reaninng tnis
was the fifth- it ranked not so high as
the first, which required of man that
he should sacrifice to God. Therefore.
If one bad only enongh to buy the pro
per sacrifice for God, be wss war
ranted in letting the parent starve and
to gain the temple offering. Now r
wss men brought up on this Idea of re
ligion wno suddenly turned the. tablet
and laid tbe emphasis on common duty.
it were better to be charitable nan N
have the gift of prophecy, aye, better
tban to have a faith that could remove
anonntains. -
when tbe feeling of the lordship of
Jesus and the union with God's Spirit
got on tne nerves or tne new converts
snd let them into extravagant other
worldlinesS, word came from a great
leader warning them tbat pure rellglot
and undefiled was summed np In vl
na ths fstkerleas snd widows aad Si
keeping themselves unspotted. This
new way was one of life, of the eternal
kind of life, bnt It wss living tbs eter
nal kind of life In tbe midst of time.
living It In subjection to Jesus by tbe
strength of God.
Tbe fourtb characteristic of ths first
Christians' way of living was, they
.treated men as brothers. This wss the
bne thing which, next to their cheerful
servitude of Christ, most Impressed
tfie heathen world. "Behold." ssld the
phgan, "how these Christians love one
snot her." From tbe very first they
waiked In the love way. They did uot
hxvk llttnh other men mm mm-. twiliKf,,
selfish gratltlcatlon, as mere mean? '--
one's ov. n emis; they worked f
interests, they found Joy In their sue
cesses snd pain In their reverses. '
The Christians' first r.ame for them
selves was "The Brothers." And so
full of tbls Ides of brotherhood -were
they that, first off, they weut daft over
It and thought It Involved communism.
Each man sold bis possessions snd
pooled tbe proceeds and let the apostles
distribute tbe fund ns each brother
bad need. "Not one of tbem said that
aught he possessed wss his 'own, but
they had sll things In common." It did
not tske them long to And out tbat
brotherhood Involves no seuselpss level
ing down of everything snd everybody,
tbat It Involves elder snd younger,
stronger and weaker, larger and
smaller. - Bnt, though they had aban
doned this experiment, they conserved
tbe fundamental principle of mutual
service -and brotherlv anion. Thev
lived a way which had as its motto,
"Bear ye one another's burdeus."
Christianity meant walking In the
"Boad of the Loving H jart."
These, then, were tbe characteristics
of ths Christian way as the'flrst Chris,
tisns understood it-It wss a life of
subjection to Jesus, a life lived by tbe
strength of God, s life f devotion to
duty, a life of love to brother man.
And tbls is Christianity, and It can be
nothing else-living your dally life at
the call of duty In allegiance to tbe
Lordship of Jesus, with a personal
consciousness of God as a Father and
fellow man ss brother.
A day came to Cbrlathnlty when it
meant more than tbls. Tbe day of in
quiry came, when Christianity was
brought into conflict with other cults,
snd then Christianity got Itself a creed.
The day of systematic evsngellsatlon
csme, when Christianity bad lost ber
first leaders and bad to make new ones
out of the raw material found among
the new converts, snd then Christianity
got Itself energy snd organised Itself
into the church. But first snd funda
mentally was what its Founder left it,
and what Its pathfinders made It a
way of living thedailyllfe In allegiance
to tbe Lordship of the risen Christ,
with a persons! consciousness of God
as a Father and one's fellows as
brothers. And tbls is the first and
fundamental way In which Christianity
must be presented to and embraced by
every real life. If it is to le s real and
vital religion. It must be, first of all,
just a way of living the dally life.
A man begins to have tt and con
tinues to be a possessor nf it when, In
his home, tn tbe street car, In the hotel
and shop and legislative chamber be
makes himself tbe subject of Jesus
snd feels himself to be the son of
God and tho brother of every last fel
low mortal who has a claim on what
God has given blm of health, wealth,
education, friendship and spiritual life.
To every man who lives In this way
there msy come s creed. There comes
a time to every man when he Inquires
of the solemn face of life, and God
and Christ what they are. And the
answer which comes to his own Inmost
soul through his personal experience
will be this niau creed. And to every
earnest soul who lives In the way there
will come a church. As he seeks tbe
conditions of his own best way of
living, as he reaches out to help his
brothers in their pilgrimage, he will
discover that there is power in asso
ciation, a dynamic In organized fellow
ship snd thus be will rejoice In the
glorious company s '"jin.ttcjT'ti
virrniiTe ipii
th
y msstsjn
""lowed
Tiv?hftWlally life
asr"AIaster, God as his
i-
allowed
in tuex.
with JeaiiSH
Father and men as bis brethren, he is
still a friend of the risen Lord.
What Is a Christian? A man who
doth the same things as other good
men, but with s different motive, a dif
ferent method, a different aim. Tbe
motive is devotement to Christ. The
method is by tbe strength of the im
manent God. The aim Is for the love
of brother man.
TRUE KINO OF THE FOREST,
Gigantic Yellow Fir Trss Ssnt Esst
from Pacific Slops.
The Pacific slope is noted the world
over for Its magnificent forests. These
consist mainly of conifers pine,
eedsr, hemlock, spruce, and other
trees many of which attain enormous
size and tower aloft for hundreds of
feet. .,-
Recently a glsnt yellow flr tree
was fonnd In Clatsop coupty, Oregon,
by loggers working at Blind Slough.
This venerable king of the forest waa
felled, and the butt section Is here
ihown lying on sn Iron platform car.
The tree was perfectly sound through
out The log was It feet long, 110 Inches
Enormous Yellow Fir Log.
In diameter at the butt, and IS Inches
la diameter at the upper end. It
weighed over fl tons, and contained
11,000 feet of lumber, board measure.
The tree from which tt was cut wss ;
4S1 years old, and rose to a height of ,
200 feet without a limb. 8even sso- ,
tloos of this tree which were logged, !
yielded together 40,000 feet of lumber.
The log in the picture was cut Into ;
nrst-class flooring, which sold at $30 ,
per 1,000 leet and realized $360. J
Molsssss In Ts'nk Wsgons.
A New York concern has embarked
anon the enterprise of distributing mo
lasses by tank wagons, fitted to car'
1,000 gallons and prepared to i "
In quantities as small ss r-- -Is
proposed to n'"' -SC
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9
IARLY INVENTIONS.
Prlmltlvs Man Understood Principles
We Us in Meehsnles Tedsy.
The first knlfs was, of course, a
flint flake, and the earliest spoon a
shell, to which primitive men learned
in the course of ages toTasten han
dle of wood.;''
Such articles ss these, together with
hammers, axes snd needles, are easily
recognized as hsvlng come down to
us direct from savagery.- It Is, how
ever, more startling to find tbat such
a comparatively modern invention as
the lift has been used for sges by
tribes which we designated as savages.
The application of principle of the
modern vertical lift may be seen to
day among the bee hunters of the
Island of Timor.
To get a honeycomb seventy feet
overhead, with nothing between tt and
the ground but a smooth and branch
Jess trunk, seems St first sight impos
sible without lsdders or ropes. It is
a simple mstter to the Polynesian. He
cuts a few yards from the tough stem
of a creeper snd forms of It a rush
rope. With this he makes a loop
around the trunk and his body. Jerk
ing the loop a little above his head,
he leans back and begins walking np,
his bare feet pressed against the trunk.
Repeating the operation he gradually
gains the' top. Tbe whole sscent Is
made without exhausting use of mus
cles by utilizing the principle of frlc-
Cotton weaving has done more for
Great Britain within the last century
than any one other Industry. The In
dians of Central and South America
have for centuries used a loom so elab
orate that ours Is comparatively
Bpeaking, but a slight Improvement np
n It.
We should never have, had the Pan
ama hat but for the quick-Angered In
dians of the Isthmus of Panama. Even
today their secret process of season
ing the grass blades used In weaving
these hats remains unrivaled. Baaket
matters of the same region make bas
kets which, hold, water without leajfc.
Ing afflill mmmwmJtmmf(PQ0
beyond us.
Felting' was invented by Polynesian
savages, and brought by the Hawaiian
natives to a perfection we have never
excelled. They not only make cov
erings for their houses and blankets
out of tbe felt, hut by pounding the
inner bark of certain trees succeeded
in producing soft snd comfortable
seamless gsrments of this material,
such as sleeveless coats and cloaks.
Mortar was made by tbe people of
Tahlta when our ancestors were shiv
ering In holes in the rocks. They
dived into the sea, brought up lumps
of coral, burned them in pits, using
wood ss fuel, snd, mixed the lime they
got in this fashion with sharp sand
and water. With this mixture the In
enious savages plastered the walls and
floors of his house, and a better mor
tar could not be obtained..
,
Tne
Now7
carelessly into tne"n mm i muutf-wuuiq -
hsve thought nothing of It but the '
care he took to put it clesr to the far
corner, snd the fact that he seemed
111 at ease after he found that his ac
tion had been observed, aroused ber
curiosity, She wondered wbst it was,
and she ressoned with herself that he
had said It was "nothing of impor
tance," so hs would have nobody but
himself to blame It she looked at if
She was justified In Inferring from bis
words there was no reason Vhy she
should not. And. this is what she read
scribbled on a piece of paper; "I'll bet
you a new bat your curiosity will not "
permit you to let this alone." ,
It was a terrible predicament : In
which to place a woman. How could
she claim the new hat without giving
herself awsy i ,
Advsntsgss of Qood Tsmpsr.
There is always good policy iu
keeping one's temper. As often as
temper Is lost a degree of Influence is
lost with It; snd while the former
may be recovered, It will be found
much more difficult to recover the lat
ter. The politician who allows him-
self to get angry whatever may be
the provocation does his cause an in
jury which his soundest arguaaentjflll
hardly repair. Just so with men of '
all professions, ' and with men of no
profession; if they. would be able to
exert a sway In tbelr sphere tbey muBt
learn to keep cool. v
Who ever listened to a discussion
In which ons party went raving mad.
while the other maintained his com
posure, without hsvlng his sympathies
enlisted with tbe latter, even though.
In the beginning; his prejudice might
have been In favor of the former.
Christian Work.
Ths Simple Life.
In my wsnderlngs on foot when 1
walk through the provinces of Europe
and talk to the people and flsh ami
learn I find that what people Tack mopt
m Ufa la simplicity, ths poor mso aft
well as the rich, tt consists not In
pin dress, but In .plain living. In
simplicity of heart, of personal b
jef, and respect for t'
others. Rev. Chari"-
Curln-
A six HI"'
South A'-'
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