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THE
RANKL1N PRESS,
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VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 13, 1905.
N UMBER 37
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THE GRADUAL GRADUATE.
i Grammar School.
He strides nprn th brilliant stajre, '
Hows lightly tn the loud applause.
And, with the wltdom of a sajfe.
Declaims "The Cosmos and Ita Causa."
High School.
Again the hero of a night,
ills head Is high, bis rolre Is snre;
He squarely looks across the lljjbt
And speaks "Our Country and Its Cure."
' College.
Now. with the rl.tht to slrn "A. B"
Hut hardly with his spirit less,
lie grasps his signed and sealed degree,
Aud reads "The Threshold of Success."
Story the Cyclamen Blossoms.
5
A Moonlight Adventure With a Russian
Princess on an Alpine Lake
friom the
iimaiuiUiliiaiuliuuiaiiilU
Do you know Talloircs. If your
kind fates have ever taken you there
and you have once made the tour of
the lakes you will certainly remem
ber the green, silent corner, bnck
against the mountain where the vil
lage sleeps, continually lulled by the
pine trees.
Directly below the lake spreads its
blue waters, smiling in golden rip
ples, and flecked here and there with
white, triangular sails. The Intense
light, filtered by the fleecy clouds, il
luminates brightly the circle of
mountains which surrounds the
water.
The many shades of green, t!o
Bomber blue, the vivid, violet and the
silvery grays of the mountains mingle
in wondrous harmonies with the tur
quoise of the lake and the brilliant
green of the vines. It is there that
one should go to taste the Joy of re
quited love, and still more truly it is
the place where a bitter sorrow may
And surcease in peace.
Not long ago, on the mountain road
I met three tourists descending, with
their alpenstocks and knapsacks and
their hats decorated with bunches of
cyclamen blossoms. 1 watched them
pass with a wistful glance, while
memories of the distant days when
I loo was 20 filled my brain.
I saw myself gaily descending the
same road, my hat decked with (low
ers, accompanied by two merry com
panions, and even as the crests of
the mountains were reflected In the
water, so the remembrances of for
mer times rose before me, clear and
sharp as a mlrago, with all the colors,
the perfumes and the enthusiasms of
youth.
It happened twenty-five years ago
-this very village, where we had
ned to spend "the night after a
r T ilvnil is lv
fiiuo of
walk-
Sward us, In the Boft
the trees, a beautiful young
girl radiant in all the glory and splen
dor of her eighteen years.
Tall, admirably formed, her thick
golden curls fell in clouds about her
wonderful shoulders, and as she
turned, at the sound of our voices,
we caught Bight of a finely cut patri
cian profile, with proud red lips and
haughtily inquiring dark eyes.
Wo fell in love with her at once,
all three of us, and, forgetful of the
fatigues of the day, we followed her
discreetly along a winding path until
he disappeared beneath a gateway
of drooping honeysuckle. Upon our
return to the Inn we learned that the
stranger who had so excited our ad
miration was the Princess V , a
Russian, who lived wilh her parents
In one of the villas that bordered
on the lake.
' Russian, a princess and pretty
that was enough surely to Bet our
Imaginations working, and all through
dinner we made impossible plnns to
waylay our new divinity and accost
her. My two companions, however,
were too sleepy to do anything but
go to bed that night.
I had no desire to follow their ex
ample. Instead, I strolled saunter
Ingly down the road, looking inquir
ingly behind every tree as I went.
. It was an exquisite evening. The
full moon had risen behind the
mountains and pierced their somber
depths with arrows of silver light.
Everywhere, through the sleeping
country, the crickets were chirping,
with here and thcro -the note of a
low-flying swallow.
At my feet the lake, with Its path
way of molten ripples, murmured ca
resslngly to the tiny beach. I threw
myself down on the spft grass and
began to Invent romantic Incidents
which should bring about my meet
ing with the Russian princess.
As I built my elaborate castles In
Spain I heard the metallic click of a
boat chain beneath the willows at my
side, and presently, not Ave steps
away, a white form emerged from the
shadow Into the moonlight It was
the beautiful Russian.
She was trying to unfasten the boat
task for which her slender fingers
were In no wise fitted. Finally she
straightened up with an angry sigh
and kicked the heavy chain petulan
tly. "Oh, dear, what a nuisance!" she
sighed.
My opportunity had come.
"Allow me," I cried, startlpg for
- wajrd suddenly, and, kneeling, I freed
the boat, although not without con
siderable Injury to my knuckles and
fingers.
She- Jumped Into the boat and then
looked at me Inquiringly.
I had spent a week in the moun
tains tramping In all weathers wher
ever I happened to be, and my clothes
showed the strain to which they had
been put My beard was long and
neglected, my hat in tatters apd my
coat badly torn. U was evident that
she took me for a boatman.
'"Thanks," she said carelessly, "can
you row me at far as Dulngt?"
"With the greatest pleasure," I re
plied, forgetful of everything except
the golden opportunity for which I
had been sighing. ' '
I jumped after her into the boat
.. and, striking far out from shore, be
gan to row, while she sat facing me
with the rudder-strings In her hand.
m-rvma of
Post Graduate
Preps re with all the schools may teach,
He (tares at a public dinner,
And gives a careful little speech
lipun "The Chance of a Beginner."
Life.
The rears roll by. He wins his wy
Hard through the thick of modem strife,
And haltingly puts down some dsy
"Thoughts on the A B C's of Life.
Death. .,
Ills honors crown his weary brow; '. '
lie lives life to the fullest sr,ip.
Gently he makes his Anal bow,
And Itrcailies hs theme, "A rWrobTB
Hope!"
Louhiille Herat.
VS.
Goruthn.
- lilliWiiiltliilUIUIlilliiUlliil
The moonlight shone full on her love
ly face, at once haughty and mis
chievous, framed In its wealth of
glittering curls. From their place
in her corsage a bunch of cycylamen
blossoms niado the air sweet with
their penetrating perfume..
"I have wanted to do this for a
long time," eaid the princess, as if
In explanation, "but my aunt hates
the water and Miss Gray la as foolish
ns a cat about it, so I made up my
mind to come alone, and I would have
been well on my way now if it had
not been for that mlserablo chain."
Her voice was low and as sweet as
I lie flowers she wore. Absorbed in
my admiration of her, I said nothing,
but continued to row.
"So, you see, you came Just in
time." she weht on, "but you must
not think I shall not pay you for your
trouble."
"You are too good, Fraulein," I
said, "but I am not a boatman, nnd I
assure you that the pleasure of being
of service to you is the greatest re
ward I could have."
She raised her head quickly, and
I saw a frown gather on her whito
brow.
"Who are you, then?" she asked in
an irritated volee.
"A tourist fresh from a week's
tramp In the mountains," I answered.
Her forehead cleared and I saw a
smile play about the corners of her
mouth.
"Ah," she said, "in that caso I
must make my excuse for my Indis
cretion. Miss Gray would certainly
call this a most Improper proceed
ing." Her eyes danced wickedly, but she
continued hastily:
"If you please, we will return at
once to the shore." (
"sTiolavera"TiTffl ttr-ihei&ler
strings and the boat swung about, al
though I pulled as leisurqly as I
dared. On the other side of the lake
the silver moonbeams turned to ruddy
gold where a shepherd's glowing Are
was reflected on the water.
"Have you been up Mont Blanc?"
inquired the young Princess, who,
probably assured from my manner
that 1 was to be trusted, decided to
be agreeable and break the silence.
"I have Just come from there. I
tramped bark through the moun
tains," I replied. I
"Then you knew our lake before?
Is it not beautiful?"
"Very, especially Just now."
"Oh, but It is wonderful at every
time," she answered Impetuously.
"11 is so blue and limpid and trans
parent that it se.ems as If it were
eonl inuully Inviting you to plunge
down to Its very depths. I love It.
I love the water." And she dipped
her bare arms In the silvery ripples
that knocked softly against the sides
of the boat.
"Probably you are a water nymph,"
1 saiil slowly as 1 watched her in
awed admiration.
"I wish I were," she replied gaily.
"You know there are some here, for
this is a lake with legends and
spirits."
"Renlly?" I asked.
"Yes, indeed. The villagers Bay
that Just where we are now there is
a whole city burled beneath the
waves because the Inhabitants re
fused to give hospitality to an old
beggar, who was really a disguised
fairy. When the moon is full the
cocks In the submerged village crow
at the bottom of the lake and the'
church bells ring as if for mass.
Listen, listen! Can't you hear some
thing now like the soft, distant ring
ing of bells?".
She' leaned over the side of the
boat as If listening to something be
low the waves, even as she smiled
at her own fancying.
"Do you - hear anything?" she re
peated. I stopped rowing and knelt obedi
ently beside her, so near that our two
heads almost touched. To have re
mained there I would have sworn and
believed anything she chose, and in
deed It did seem to me that I beard
a vague, delicious, dream music.
Perhaps it was nothing more than
the beating of my heart, for It was
throbbing violently to be so near to
the beautiful princess with the gold
en hair and the wonderful eyes. The
soft odor of the cyclamen blossoms
was Intoxicating.
"Hush," she whispered, with a
mysterious air, laying her finger on
her rosy lips, "the fairy of the lake
Is calling us!" .
In silence of the night floated a
distant sound of a hunting horn. It
was easy to believe that it came from
below tH"e water. .--..
"Oh, dear, no," she cried, laughing
at the sight of my credulous face and
wide open eyes. "I'm afraid we can't
make it anything more than It is,
after all!"
"Not at all," I exclaimed fervently.
"You are the fairy of the lake, and
you can lend to it any enchantment
that you please! It becomes Immedi
ately all that you say!" v
She laughed merrily again and I
bent to my oars, so that we soon
reached the boathouse below the wil
lows. Through the vista In the trees
I caught sight of an elegant villa,
the turrets gleaming in the moon?
light. Suddenly a dark form emerge
from the wide balcony and a tabs
voice called:
"Nudla, Nadla Ton must come to
now. You will certainly catch cold.
"It is my aunt,'1 murmured NadSaj
'H don't know about my catchWf
cold, but I am sure to catch a cjl
Ing if I do not hurry. - Thanks, and
good night Will you be so good as
to fasten the boat again? Since ou
are not a boatman, I cannot pky for
my passage, but I am axlous to clear
my debt"
She appeared to think 'for a mo
mcnt, nnd then, abruptly pulling the
cyclamen blossoms from her belt, she
tossed them to me, crying:
"Farewell! Keep these flowers in
memory of the fairy of the lake!"
The next moment Bhe had disap
peared beneath the dark shadows of
the trees, and I never saw her again.
PARTRIDGE8 IN CAPTIVITY.
Th 8uccess of Prof. Hodge's Experi
ments in Massachusetts.
Dr. Clifton F. Hodge, professor of
biology at Clark University, is having
remarkable success In his efforts to
ward domesticating the ruffed grouse,
or partridge. The latest achievement
Is the raising of a second generation
of the birds while they are In captivity,
five strong healthy birds having been
batched two weeks ago by the mother
partridge.
More could scarcely be desired than
to have a pair mate and produce their
young In the back yard of a city home.
f3o far as is known the birds have act
ed exactly the same as their brothers
In the woods, even to the curious act
of drumming. They are Just as large
as those in the woods and are lively
and contented. One of the old male
birds seems to be especially delighted
when pr. Hodge enters the enclosure
In which they are kept and plays with
the bird as one would with his pet
cat. In no other case, so far as is
known, has this species been any where
near so perfectly domesticated.
Dr. Hodge began tnese experiments
In the spring of 1903, when he obtained
tome partridge eggs from the woods
and hatched them out under a bantam
hen. At the time he was laughed at
for trying It. But after the chicks
were hatched out, and It was seen
that they were being raised, a member
of the Massachusetts Fish and Game
Protective association who resides In
Worcester reported the affair tq a
meeting of the directors, which then
voted $200 to be given to Dr. Hodge
in aid of his experiments.
He Is using It In enlarging his en
closures with a view to aiding such
work as the dissociation is doing, espe
ciajly by eventually setting the birds
free In the covers of tie State and
perhaps In our city parks. Dr. Hodge's
purpose In the experiments, so far as
his own work is concerned. Is more
especially to studyjcntlflcally the
biological relatlcy Vpecleg its
foods, habits, S -Ad the
T!BslW14tlfii
.QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Tho biggest leaves In the world are
those of the InaJ palm, which grow
on tho banks of the Amazon. The
leaves reach a length of thirty to fifty
feet, and from ten to twelve feet In
breadth.
When a man Is elected mayor of
New York city lamps are placed In
front of his residence, and they re
main there after he Is out of office.
Thus there is a more or less permanent
directory to the residences of ex
mayors. Birds spoiled the brldgi which spans
Eagle Creek, four miles southwest of
Hartford. Many of the timbers have
been so honeycombed by woodpeckers
and yellowhammers that the county
commissioners have condemned the
bridge as unsafe.
Missouri has a whittling Judge, who
delights In making shavings. Judge
Pepper, of Joplln, when presiding at an
interesting trial, takes to whittling a
soft pine stick. When the court ad
journs, the floor around the Judge's
Best looks like a planing mill.
Scientists have ascertained that a
turtle's heart will beat after removal
If put on a piece of glass, kept cool and
moist, and covered with a bell-Jar.
It haa been known to beat thirty-six
or even forty-eight hours; twelve or
fourteen hours Is a common record.
A grand record was achieved by
John Woterworth, the oldest engineer
in the world, who recently died at
Preston, England, at the age of eighty
five years. He began driving In 1848,
and drove an engine over 2,000,000
miles during his thirty-seven years of
service, without a single accident ,
An odd way of taking the census
prevails In China. The cities and
towns are arranged in groups of ten
houses. The oldest man in each group
visits the nine bouses which, with his
own, make the group, counts the mem
bers of every family, and sends in his
report to the Imperial Census Bureau.
A curious order is sometimes given
in the British Navy. It is usually is
sued at night, and consists of the com
mand, "AH hands black faces!" A
supply of burnt cork is carried by each
war ship for this purpose. When a
night surprise is intended, It Is not
only the vessels that are made as little
visible as possible; even the faces of
the men muBt be blackened, for, when
powerful night-glasses are used, the
showing of a Whiter face is far more
evident than any landeman would sup.
pose. .
French Art
There nrust be more vitality in
French art, as a whole, than- you
would guess from a visit to the,
Salons. Nay, there is, I -do not say
that it it healthy anywhere, , The
great days are gone. But (till, out of
tloors In posters, in Illustrations for
the journals, in bijouterie, in the or
namentatlon ot shops, even In the pic
tures In railway termini there are
still signs that the plastic arts have a
vitality in France, more vitality than
with us. It is often vulgar enough,
but at least it bold London Out
look. ,
T 'j, mi Tnni nr Jon.
WOMEN CRUELER THAN
- MEN.
LIKEWISE MORE DESTRUCTIVE,
IRRITABLE, CUNNING AND
VIOLENT. ,
Co Says Or. Chamberlain, of Clark
University He also Avers They
Are Rarely Gifted in Music Art,
Writing, Sculpture, Intellect or
Logic. 1
Women are more cruel, more de
structive, more Irascible, more Irrita
ble, more cunning, and more violent
than men.
It is true. Dr. Alexander Francis
Chamberlain, says so. Before daring
to say so, ho collected an army ot
eminent scientists to support him In
his statements. Then he defied the
women's clubs of the world, and he
ha8 told the world what he thinks of
women.
Besides these things, Prof. Cham
berlain declares women rarely are
gifted In music, in art, in writing, in
sculpture, in intellect, or In logic.
Yet, paradoxical as It may seem In
view of bis declarations In regard to
logic and reasoning powers, he de
clares women the best politicians and
tho greatest In diplomacy.
This man, one of America's most
renowned anthropologists, has class
ified tho things in which men and wo
men excel each other, and the table
which ho gives may settle a lot of
household disputes or may not: At
least they will giVe the huBband am
munition to continue the argument
that he is not as forgetful as his wife,
or use them to prove that the child
ren get their tempers from her rather
than from him.
The following table, complied from
Investigations extending over scores
of years, and made in connection with
the investigations of dozens ofother
students, reveals to an unthinking
world a score of surprises. The table
showing wherein men excel women
or women excel men is as follows,
showing the characteristics in women
as compared with men:
Abstract thought More docile and
receptive; less capable ot abstraction.
Acting Greater ability more fre
quently shown.
Adaptability Greater.
Art Less gifted.
Astrology Now chiefly supported
by women.
Affectability Greater.
Ambidexterity More common.
'Anabollsm Much grei
Assimilative powe.
Alcoholism Mu
- Appetite S
Blushlm
Color sense Greater,
Cruelty Greater.
Conservatism Greater.
Conventionality Greater.
Cunning Greater.
Diplomacy Greater when allowed
full scope.
Destructive violence More com
mon. Dcstructiveness (except war)
Greater.
Dlsvulncrablllty Greater.
Dreams More common.
Dissimulation Greater: more fre
quent. Exaggeration Greater.
Executive ability More common.
Ecstacy More common.
Emotionality Greater.
Equilibrium More unstable.
Fiction I.ess gifted as to quality
and versatility than as to artistic
power.
Feelings Much more In play.
Genius Much less common.
Gluttony More common.
Hallucinations More frequent.
Hearing More acute.
Hunger More frequent.
Hypnotic phenomena More com
mon. Hysteria More common.
Idioy Less frequent.
Imbecility 1.09s frequent.
Impulsiveness Greater.
Irascibility Morn common.
Irritability More common.
Imagination Greater.
Individuality Less developed.
Intellect Lcsb.
Intuition Much greater.
Logic I .ess.
Lefthandedncss More common.
Mathematics More gifted than gen
erally believed.
Medicine More gifted than gen
err.lly believed.
Manual dexterity Less.
Memory Better.
Metaphysics Little gifted.
Music yttle gifted as to genius
In Inventing and composition.
Originality Less.
Pain Less affected.
Painting Great genii's rare.
Passions Weakness more' common.
Patience Greater.
Perception More rapid.
Pity Greater.
Polltlcs-Mlenlus great
Pouting More common.
Precocity Greater.
Religion Devotion greater; crea
tive power much less.
, Ruse More frequent
Sacrifice Instinct much greater. '
Sculpture High genius extremely
rare. .-
Sense, Judgments More accurate.
Simulation Greater.
Speech More fluent In lower forms.
. Suggestibility Greater,
Superstition Greater.
'"SympathjrOreater,
Tact Greater.
Taste More accurate.
Temperament Lymphatic; changeable.--
'
Vice Less."
Vitality Greater.
' There is woman dissected scienti
fically, tested, aaalyxed, classified,
labeled and ranged for inspection.
: If Prof. Chamberlain should fall in
love'' enthusiastically he jxwbly
would say: . "You are the dearest,
most sympathetic, imaginative, self
sacrificing, diplomatic dissimulator
in all the wide world, you have more
Busing I
E sf "V.
patience, more tact, more assimila
tive power, impulsiveness, and more
words than any one I ever saw. You
nre the most cruel, cunning, 1 ecstatic,
Changeable, destructive, Irascible, er
ratic, Irritable, little tootsy wootsy I
or met. You may be subject to
hallucinations, emotional . insanity,
with a lymphatic tendency, but your
greater sense of observation and your
acute perception will enable you to
see, despite your lack of power to
reason logically, that I am tn love
with you."
And tho young woman, having the
bettor memory, might teply: "I now
reallzo why it is tbat men are more
Imbeclllc and Idiotic than women."
All these things about men and wo
men Prof. Chamberlain discovered
during his researches In tbe child
study In the evolution ot men, and
they are used by him to show that
the woman and the child are more
closely allied than the man and the
child; that woman, in other words,
is nearer the child form, that woman
never completely outgrows childhood.
Many of the distinctive characteris
tics of woman, be has discovered, are
carried up with her from childhood,
while the man child outgrows these
things, developing into higher things
or losing entirely his childish attri
butes and falling behind the woman
who still retains them.
Physically, physiologically, and psy
chically, he declares, the child iype
and tho female type resemble each
other remarkably.
The deductions of Prof Chambor
lain, especially as to cruelty, destruc
tiveness, and violence, have raised a
storm among the women who have
had the opportunity to hear his views
on tbe subject, but, possibly antici
pating contradiction on these points,
he has supposed hts position by an
astonishing array of statistics and
authorities. The tendency to wan
ton cruelty In women he traces from
childhood, showing that the instinct
of children to hurt something is out
grown by the majority of men, but
remains a strong component part of
the character of women. The cun
ning of women he does not even
argue. He admits their cunning,
and, on the cunning he bases his
statement that thoy are greater in
politics and diplomacy than men when
given the opportunity. Their power
ot dissimulation is taken for granted,
apparently, although It is proved to
exist among children and traced to
women only arbirarlly.
'i',.n wrath of womankind will dea-
cenj upon the earnest professor when
his analysis of them becomes fully
known. The outlook for his peace
of mind and bodily comfort is not
bright, as he lives and has his being
IrUMassachusetts where the women
In great majority. If they learn
what he has been saying about them
be may get some new ideas as to
their Irascibility, Irritability, and pos
sibly their violence. Chicago Trio-
gon's Old Roman ivsll.
A portion ofHfc-wall which was
built around old London by the Rom
ans is now being destroyed by build
ers. The part which has been laid
bare Is seven feet In height and has a
thickness of eight and a half feet
and about 50 feet of its length has
been exposed. It Is founded on gravel
and at the bottom Is a course of flints
and clay. Upon these are built up
two layers of stout burned tiles, of
the common Roman pattern, and then
comes rough-dressed masonry. The
tiles aud the masonry alternate; In
the sejen feet of the wall's height
(hero are three courses of each, held
together by cement which Is so firm
that it blunts tho tools of the work
men who are endeavoring to destroy
It Throughout the neighborhood this
wall serves as the foundation for mod
era buildings. The offices adjoining
the excavations now complicated by
the wall's presence are in part sup
ported on It New York Globe.
Selling Royal Relics.
A lock of Napoleon's hair a shoe
worn by Queen Charlotte were sent
to a sale of family heirlooms arranged
by a committee of society women tn
the interest of Impecunious ladles of
good family, which was opened in
Brook street recently.
A portion of Queen Elizabeth's
state klrtle, valued by Its owner at
200 pounds, had a curious history.
The klrtle came into the- possession
of hor family over a century ago, and
she, Ignorant of Its real value, had
cut It up to give to her friends, until
she only had a yard or two of the
embroidery left. Queen Victoria on
tt occasion nearly became the pur
chaser of this Interesting relic.
One of tbe most interesting items
was a wonderful needlework portrait
of Queen Victoria in her coronation
robes, started in 1837 by the nuns
In a Roman Catholic convent. The
picture, which took many years to
finish, Is of coronation curios. Lon
don Express.
A Yarn.
The Sketch's "Man in tho Train"
heard a story about the Kaiser a few
nights ago tbat is not the less amus
ing because it is probably "non vera
ma ben trovata."
They say there was a lunch at one
of the Berlin embassies, and that the
Kaiser had honored it with his im
perial presence.
An English diplomat sitting within
hearing was discussing some big af
fair of the moment with a lady, and
in course of conversation praised one
of the people most concerned for his
prompt and resolute action.
"As our immortal William has ob
served," remarked the diplomat,
" 'there Is a" tide In the affairs of man
that, taken at the flood, leads on to'
fortune." , .-'-?.-
. The Kaiser, looked puixled. "That
it' quite true, he remarked, "but I
don't remember saying It"
When Expense, told Net Count,
Mamma Have some more sugar,
Willie? I
Willie Why, you always tell me
that more than one spoonful is bad
for my health. )
Mama That's at home, i Tou're at
a hotel now take all you want
Cleveland leader. ;
1 V."" .
THE PULPIT.
A BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. A, H. C. MORSE,
Snbjetti Powerful Promises.
Brooklyn, N. I. Suuday morning, in
mriing i-iace naptist (jnureu, tbe pas
tor, the Rev. A. H. C. Morse, had as
his subject, "Powerful Promises." The
text was rrom 11 Peter 1:4: "Whereby
are ftlveu unto us exceeding great and
precious promises; tbat by these we
luiciit lie partakers of tho dlv uo na
tnre. having escaped the corruption
which is in the world through lust."
.nr. aiorse tarn:
At nny rate tbe Jllblo Is frank. It
says the plainest tilings about man's
sin. Hut It also holds before blm a
wonderful hope. To-day be Is mired in
corruption. To-morrow be may have
escnpea iroiu tins and Decome like
God. Tbe whole gospel Is found In
these few words.
We hnve here a statement of the fact
of slu and Its origin. The fact is "cor
ruption" and the origin "through lust."
1 know that there are worldly-wise
men who sneer at the third chapter of
Uenesis. But this I have noticed, that
they arc uniformly unable to irive us a
I simpler solution of tbe mystery of evil,
j Somewhere end at some time the race
1 must have sinned. The stream nf lifn
hits been poisoned, and this must have
taken place at its fountain head, for
we cannot Uud any divisions which do
not have the entire characteristics ot
the whole. The Bible says the event
took place In the first man, before a
single son was born, and be lusted af
ter something which was forbidden to
him, and that by his disobedience be
fell from a primal innocency, and
lurched the race, and entailed a condi
tion of corruption. And that we have
aggravated this calamity by repeating
sin and deepening the ruiu.
But I am not so much concerned to
day nbout the origin of the condition.
We cau leave (hat with a single word.
But there are certain facts that cannot
be brushed aside. A man may ques
tion the story as it Is written In Scrip
ture, but he cannot deny It, for it does
not come within the region of denial.
Neither can he deny (he s(ory ns It is
reproduced in life to-day. Have you
never plucked forhidden fruit? Hnve
you never lusted for pleasure which
1 has been distinctly forbidden? And as
a consequenco of transgression, have
you never experienced a repulsive sick
I ness nnd an Intolerable loathing, so
I that you have known what Is the
meaning of this phrase, "the corrup
I tion which Is in the world through
lust?" Do you not know anything at
nil of the lashings of remorse?
I Let ine ask you another question.
I How does it happen that the heart Is
! so constantly "running down?" Why
' must it be repeatedly wound up and
; fastened with ratchets? Why do we
1 have to make and renew resolves, nnd
I lash the will to the "sticking place?"
i Why is It that n man never backslides
Into holiness? Why cannot we take off
, the brakes nnd find ourselves gliding
into the highest moral living? Evcry
! thing, we are told, tends tomovo lu
1 the Hue of least reslstniry ' Do ffc
! find that we hr4rtfth!g toward char
ity and bnUjjsfs and benevolence and
virtue? Mfy. but to all of us these
grncier are tho fruit of serious toll.
They arc magnificent possessions, more
precious (linn gold and sparkling gems.
but they nre gotten only by struggle
' and privation and self-denial. And
j that word "self-denial" contains a fos
i sll history of primal slu. It tells us of
an evil self that must be constantly dc
I nled, because Its desires are WTong.
I But whence this evil self, and whence
j these wrong desires?
! But let us come a little closer to this
I subject Let me hint at the things thnt
we cannot spread before the public,
! ourBeeret thoughts and faults which
ura hidden. The thoughts that creep
j iuo the heart and nestle there. Can
j yiu tell me whence they come? Tell
lie. for Instance, whence came the envy
nd Jealousy and malice and evil de
sire, and the lust for gold that makes
the thief, and the thirst for blood
which crimsons tbe band of murder?
Do you not think these things arise In
1 human life as malaria and pestilence
rrom n death-dealing bog? Do they
not bespeak what this Scripture calls
a "corruption which is In the world
through Inst?" I suppose that tbe an
gels before the throne of God would
shirk from having their thoughts pro
claimed with the trumpet ot Gabriel.
1 know tbat Jesus has torn open His
heart and flung out a challenge which
no man can accept. "Which of you
conrinceth Me of sin?" said He. Hut
we cannot no tnat. lie Hide our
thoughts and cover our faults with a
crimson blush, and walk among our
nearest friends with a coward's step.
But what bat befallen man? If God
made blm Innocent and nobody ques
tions this something must hnve hap
pened to corrupt his thoughts nnd
make them so black that he stands lu
dread ot the day for which all other
days were made, when this hidden his
tory shall be revealed.
There is something pathetic in man's
attempts to assert his worth. We
spesk. for instance, ot the "Majesty of
conscience" and the "Dignity of hu
man nature," and of the "Fatherhood
of God," nnd tbe "Brotherhood of
man" as it these terms were true nnd
meaningful. Take the, first ot these
And see what comfort there Is lu it.
"The majesty of conscience!" But do
you not know that conscience almost
always speaks in Judgment? It seems
to bare lost Its authority to command
if It ever possessed that authority. It
cannot insist upon obedience, but eau
only raise its voice in remonstrance.
It can be easily overruled, and voted
down, nnd then it can only record a
minority vote, and lapse into silence.
But there Is more lu this scripture
than a statement of "the fact of sin.
Here are also "these great and pre
cious promises whereby we may be
come partakers of tbe divine nature."
That Is, men may become as God. And
the warrant for this promise is found
in the fact of correspondence between
the divine and tbe human. The nat
ural - man cannot discern spiritual
things, and It is no use to talk to him
about them, for there is no correspond
ence, no basis ot affinity, no ground oi
fellowship. But man was made In tin
image of tiod, and it was possible foi
God to take upon Himself -man's na
ture; and it is within the power ol
every man, by tbe grace ot God, t
ftike on also the divine nature, to Im
msde like God.
That is what it said in tbe word be
fore us. And this is done by a single
act Man fell, we are told,- by reach
ing after the divine attributes. "Ye
sball be as God" was the lying promise
of tbe tempter, and by listening to that
we were cast to the level of beasts.
But now God returns to us with the
promise tbat after all we shall be as
Himself, sharers in His nature and
conformed to His imsge. It seems
strange to you that for a single sin so
serious consequences should be en
tailed, 'x'hls could only be because tbe
stream was poisoned at Its source, and
the race sinned lu Its first man. But
here is something which is quite ss
great The Lord God is making to
Himself a new creatlou. He has be
gun it in oue new Man, who kept Hts
life without spot or blemish. And iu
His life and federal headship we share
by a single act of faith. The conse
quences ot faith are quite as great as
the consequences of disobedience. "He
that belleveth on Him bath everlasting
life." And that does not mean that
bis life is prolonged in endless time,
but that it is endowed with an Immor
tal nature. It Is received the instant
he believes, as by a new blrtb, and has
passed from death unto life. He bath
been already delivered from tbe bond
age and corruption of tbe kingdom of
darkness and has been colonized in the
kingdom of His Son. He Is born of
God, a son of the Most High, a citizen
of heaven. A single sin has stained
the race. We laid bold on death and
spite of -tears and cries and struggle,
we have not been able to loose tho
hand. One single act of faith takes
bold on eternal life, and In spite ot
slus and falls and failure that prise
can never be wrested from our grasp.
And this is all by faith.
Men have said to me that the scheme
of salvation Is arbitrary. It Is vain,
they say, to shut the world up to faith.
But, my friend, do you not know that
this entire universe Isnrbitrnry? There
is nothing more arbitrary than the laws
of mathematics, or of health or of
gravitation. It is not strange that
every son of Adam is shut up to the
multiplication table? Is it not strange
tbat if a man wants to compute num
bers in China be must use the Identical
system that we use? Thnt three and
two mnke five there ns they do here?
No, there is but one law for light or
heat or electricity or numbers, or grav
itation in all the earth. And there Is
but one way of salvation for all the
earth. Here It Is said "through these
promises," which only means that a
man believes In Christ. A promise is
nothing except for the vnlue of the
person who makes It. Some men may
make their promises, and no man gives
them heed. But It one promises whose
character you know, then you count on
them as yov f """" the shining of
tbe sun
We hear a good deal in these days
About education into the kingdom of
God, about the natural development of
righteousness. But development is
only unfolding, nnd that tho race has
been doing lu all the centuries, and
each age surpasses the Inst in the
enormity of sin. Education Is drawing
out, but how can you draw holiness
from a heart that is "deceitful nhovo
all things and desperately wicked?"
Education can never do the work. It
Is like putting a new handle on the
pump and leaving the dog in the well.
You may wonder at the fancy of
bringing in a new and supernatural
life by Uellef In precious promises.
But all questions arc answered by the
experiences of history. Great men have
been regenerated by single words of
Scripture. This was true of Augustine
nnd Luther and Spurgeon and scores
ot others whom time fnils me to men
tion. They were not only new men,
but mighty sons of God. Wonderful
was this? As great as the wonder of
nil forms of life. Look into the acorn
nnd tenr its halves apart, and tell me
it you can see therein the stalwart oak.
Analyze the seed of wheat and tell me
If you can see therein the waving fields
of grain. "Well," aa Jesus, "the
words which I speak Unto you they are
spirit and they are life." You cannot
see the spirit, you cannot sec the life,
but can you say they are not there? 1
hold up to you these great and precious
promises, and there nre saints aud mis
sionaries and noble' lives ana giant
charities and mighty revolutions there.
There are heaven and an eternal
weight of glory wrapped up lu that
And our growth In grace and the like
ness of God is not a process of mend
ing nnd Improvement. But it is a new
creation by which we become like God.
And now I have finished. I know I
have borne down hard on sin. 1 wish
1 did not have to do so. I wish
with you that the word were not In tho
language because It was not 111 tne
heart. If one of thoso phnnjnin friends
of the astronomers should come to this
earth and say to me "I understand this
Is a beautiful place, but for one thing.
I understand it is filled with sin and
rebellion against the rule of God." I
wish I could say to him. My friend.
you have been misinformed. There i
no sin." But I tell you frankly, t couiu
not say that to him. I would have to
say to him: "Alas' 'tis true, 'tis pity,
and pity 'tis, 'tis true." But I could
also say to him that sin cannot hold us
In its cruel grasp. I would point him
yonder, and sny, "Do you see that gol
den splendor? That is the gospel of
Jesus. It Is filled with sweetness, and
by that we are restored and have be
come partakers of the divine nature."
And Isn't that more than the fact of
sin?
IN SEALED GLASS BOTTLE.
8outh American Lives on Air Eight
Days and Nights.
The Crystal Palace Theater of Vari
eties at Leipzig is attracting much at
tention oa account ot Papuss, Its lat
est novelty. Ba
puss is a South
American by birth,
who by sheer
strength of will, or
"auto- suggestion,"
can live on air for
eight days and
nights in a glass
case. What Is
known of his ex
periment creates
astonishment At
first he lay for a
week In a glass
case like the snow
maiden in tbe
fairy tale, then he
existed on com
pressed air under
water in a pecu
liarly constructed
submarine boat.
until at last be came to his present
form of eight-day incarceration in the
original six-sided bottle-shaped glass
bouse Into which he stepped la Leip
zig. This receptacle allows only the
smallest movement on the part of the
hunger artist Inside the glass cage.
Papuss has no comforts to mitigate
the' peculiar character of hts experi
ment He presents a mummified ap
pearance, standing all day in the aaW
row glass space, la which he can,
make only the slightest turning move
ment At night a horizontal position
I allowed. The demonstration dUfors
considerably from that of the Italians,
Merlattl and Buocl, and Dr. Henry
Tanner, the- American, who retained
their liberty.
1
. The London World declares that "It
la a masculine delusion that woman
are ready or ever will be ready to sutv
reader their liberty and Indulge Jn
the vulgar chase for husbands as did
their forbears.'
i'V-H -4Lr.'i
jj . ! "t
SPECIAL WORD8.
A!y mother shs has special worda 1.. . -She's
always usins, but I Hart
The ones that I've most often heard
Is llj-um-by and Nevermind.
Whenever I can't hnve my way
And bee her "whenV' and tcasa bet
"why?"
The things she's likeliest to Mr
Is Never mind and Uy-uui-by.
An when our plrnlr utonried h.rii
It rained, or stimpln' of the kind.
The only fhlnsa she told us was
Just Ily um-by and Never mind.
I sat when By-Hm-bv wmi'd In
Nhe told me "Never mind !" so I
BaM "What la Never mlndi" and aha
Said I'd discover Uy-um-by.
My molher she hns s,ivlni v-'orda
For question flnnwerlnK smi surh,
But I mien some timt I have heard
lon't rrnlly niraii ko nuful much.
' Mtiynzlne.
JUST FOR FUN A
"Pa, why do automobiles have num
bers?" "So that these who are run
over may read." Life.
Eleven-thirty p. ni Still here
voung man?" "As still as possible, sir." .,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You never told me Miss Fairglrl ,
was an athlete." "Well, is she?" "Yes;
ahe has thrown me over." New York
er. i-
"It doesn't pay any man to be In a
hurry." "How true that is! A fool and
his woolens arc soon parted.'' Indian
apolis Star. .
Sho (rich cx-wldow) Which of my
husband's writings do you liko tbe
best? He (who married the widow)
His will. Judge.
Mildred Papa, when does tho "silly
season" begin? Papa The silly season,' '
my dear, began with the fall of num.
Chicago Tribune.
Wigg Why does Bjones call his''
yacht the "Floating Debt?" Wagg Be
cause he bought It ou the installment
plan." Philadelphia Record.
'Your money or your life!" growled -
the footpad. "Take me life," responded
the Irishman. "I'm savin' me mon -for
me old age!" Cleveland Leader.
Mr. Gotrox When I was your age,
Bir,.l didn't have a dollar. Cholly Got- .
rox .Weil, dad, when I am your age I
probably won't have a dollar! Puck.
"Do you think we shall ever have '
universal peace?" "Well, it will all do
pend on whether people finally quit '
building line fences or not." Chicago .
Record-Herald.
Oid Gent (out of depth In river)'
Help! I can't swim! American (Bate
on bank) Waal, I guess I can't swim i
either; but I'm not making such a
noise about it! Punch.
"I'd like to "see somethiTigSSft U
coats," he said in the clothing store.
"All right," said the clerk, moving out
the looking glass, "Just put this one
on." Yonkers Statesman.
'De Rlter tells me that for a whole
year he didn't write a thing that was
worth while." "Yes, I believe It took
him a year to write that latest novel
of his." Philadelphia Press.
It is a noticeable fact that all coun-
tributlons to the "conscience fund'.
are made anonymously. Can It be that
the man with a conscience is always
ashamed of it? Boston Tranr"rlpt.
"What is your Idea of a happy mar
riage?" "A Fiji husband and an Bsqui- '
mau wife. Then somebody in the fam
ily would be pretty sure to be satisfied
with the weather." Washington Star.
Sapleigh Do you aw think it
would be wrong for meto marry a
girl who was my inferior Intellect!!
ly? Miss Cutting No, but I think If
would be Impossible. Chicago Daily
News. " '
Miss Browne She's forever com
plaining, but I think she merely lacks
stamina Mrs. Malaprop Oh! no,
she's got it. That's what her doctor
calls her disease. She can't sleep, you
know. Philadelphia Press.
"He's very wealthy, they say. Haa
he got a yacht?" "No, but he's got a
revenue cutter that's a regular clip-,
per." "A revenue cutter?" "Yes, the
scissors that he clips his coupons
with." Philadelphia Press. . "
Dr. Jones My dear sir, I have Just
been to call on your wife's mother, and
her condition is very serious. Smith
Tell me the plain truth, doctor. Am I .
to fear for the best or hope for tho
worst? Town and Country.
"Is it true that you have senatorial
aspirations?" asked the reporter over
the 'phone. "Yes," replied the girl
whose number bad been called by mis
take, "but I'm not sure that I can
land him." Detroit Free Press, -
"A statesman should know how to
advise tbe masses." "Yes," answered
Senator Sorghum, "and the masses are
very much like Individuals.- In order
to keep their frlendshi p,-tu- mttst flad
out What they prefer, and then advise '
it" Washington Star.
"That's an auction piano your daugh
ter's got, isn't it?" asked the sarcastic
woman next door. "No, Indeed!" re
plied the proud mother indignantly.
"What made you think that?" "Oh,
probably because it's going, going, go
ing all the time."-nPhlladelpbia Led- .
er. '.- ' ' .';
"Do you think that our country will
ever succeed in getting rid of grart-'
era?" "Yes," answered Senator Sorg
hum. "There will be a time when graft- I
era are unheard of. But it will be due
to the change that is constantly going
ay In our vocabulary. There will be a :
new word that means the same thing."
Washington Star.
Mrs. Jackson "Wal, Parson, I knows
de Bible says de meek shall inherit de
earth; aa' 1 trie o be meek as I
kin!" Parson IMlhemus "Cat's right,
ststaht Dat's right!" Mrs. Jackson
But it'll be Jest rash luckT when It
comes time to' me to Inherit de earth,
dat dar'll be municipal ownership.
Puck.
Luck of a Kansas Church.
Lest year the large German church
three miles west of Palmer was re
duced to kindling wood by a tornado.
It was 'rebuilt at once, and a f. .
days ago it was struck by HuMnb
and burned to the ground. Top. ;
Capital.
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