UN PRESS,
VOLUME XX.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1905.
.NUMBERS
THE
JIM BLUDSO.
(Tj iht Late John Hay.)
Wall, do; I rant tell you whir be Uvea,
iifrap be don t live, you we;
Lcaxiwayo, he rot oik . tut hnblt
Itf linn' like vou and me.
What Law y,u wen for the last three year
'li.at )u Luvn t hta.d tili.a tell
I low jittttuy iHudno :uMtd to his cUccka
. ihe iiLLt ot lue 1'iairU Belle:
lie weren't no saint them enlueera
la a!l piTiiy nuuh alike
One vli'e tu .au hes undr-the-Ulll,
And auoioor one hero, tn I 'Ike ;
A keeilet nan In hi talk wan Jim,
And an awkward hi: id fn a row,
lint he never flunked and he neer lied
1 rtvkon he never Know id how.
And this was all the rcllpion he bad
Hi itiat his engine well ;
Never be missed on Ihe river;
To mlr.ci the idM't bell;
And if ever I lie rmirle itelle took Are
A thousand t linen he swore,
He'd hold her mizzle aijln the bank
'i'iil the last soul gut ashore.
All brats Iiuh their day on the Mlsslsslp.
And ber day come at Inst
The Movaslai v as a better bat,
Itnt the lt.'lle hhe wouldn't be passed.
And so ff eome tenrln' alone that night
The oldest cra't on ihe lino
With a tilRgiT Mjunt on her natety valve.
And her fuinuee eruwwed. rosin ana
pine.
The Are -burnt out a sh'1 r tared the bar,
And burnt a huh In ihe nlffbl.
And qub-k as a tfanh she tu-ind. and made
l or that wilier hank on the riyht.
There ras runnln' and lursln', but Jim
.teHetf out.
Over all the infernal rear.
"I'll hold her nurfle ai'ln Ihe hank
'Till the ht. fcnlmit's ashore."
Thmurh the hot black brtalh of the burn
In' lat
Jim Itludsi.'H voire was heard.
And they all had trust in his mmednesa.
And knowid he would keeo hi- word.
And, Hiire's you're horn, they all Rot oK
Afon the smokestacks fell
And Itludsos host went up atone
In the smoke or the I'inlrle Itelle.
He weren't no saint : but at Judgment
I'd run my chance with Jim.
Xonjrside some phm centlennn
That wouldn't shook linnds with him
He seen bin duty a dead sure thing
And went fnr It ihar nnd then;
And fhrlst ain't n going lo he too hard
On a man that died for men.
FROM
Tf-iE-BAGK
OF BEYOND.
By Lady Napier of Magdala.
The potatoes were rattling in the
tin cans, goodly pywnidal piles of
them, covered with rich brown earth
agi inst frost, showing that there was
n plenteous harvest of that precious
tuber.
The crofters paused In their labor of
lifting them, shading their eyes from
the long, level rays of the sun to gaze
at the last tourist (or "swift") steamer
of the season bearing Its load of South
rons to the nearest railroad station
"away south," with their haunches of
Venison, their hordes of laie, greedy
sdi sej
Ifed it,
Innovations,
inventions quit of them
Tor many months to come.
The roads still echoed with the sound
of their horses' hoofs as they trotted
away, with the shrieks of their motors,
one and all flying south, as though the
Evil One were at their heels, the land
plague-stricken.
Such Is fashion! The weather was
lovely, the color a dream and a glory;
but it was the time for going south
Now the needy laird might return
to the home of his fathers, which bitter
necessity forced him to let for each
shooting season. Now he might come
back and shelter In the storm-b;aten
old house through the long northern
winter and spring, pondering sadly as
to whether he might dare to count on
rojourning in the lands called by his
name until the day came when he
Fhould be carried out whither he
would not, feet foremost. Shooting
rents were going up; but who could
count on them for what changes might
be in store, what fads might be started
by some new government. Inebriated
with the exuberance of Its own gen
erosity In dealing with and distributing
the goods of others drunk with power,
mad with furious desires to reverse
the order of things as they are, no
matter who went, so long as they
stayed (In place and power)? "Well,
well," said the laird to himself, "any
way, today It is ours; the herring have
been plentiful, and there Is no potato
disease, and this dirty thing is to the
good;" and he trust his shooting ten
ant's check Into an envelope, addres
sing it to his long-suffering bankers.
So peace settled down oo the winged
Isle once more.
A crofter woman stood on the shore,
watching her little lad stumbling over
the slippery rocks on his way home
from Ashing, a string of "cuddies" and
rock-cod in his hand, his cocked Ash
ing rod over his shoulder. Her six-year-old
daughter clung to her skirts.
The sun had sunk behind a heavy
bank of cloud, and a moan came up
from the sea. The tide had turned,
and the wind was rising.
The woman sighed, and gazed sea
wards with tear-Ailed eyes, for her
husband was away at a late Ashing,
and his boat was old and crank.
The threo walked slowly up to the
little black house on the hill, one of
the poorest-looking In the township,
but warm and snug inside, and water
tight withal, with its Ane dose thatch.
The children In bed, the woman
crouched over the peat Are, her thin
hands locked together, her knitting
unheeded on the Aoor, where a little
cat flayed with the ball of yarn.
The wind roared round the house.
It had risen to a gale.
... At length her head fell forward on
her breast, the tired body crying out
- for Bleep and rest She awoke with a
start and sought her bed but sleep for
sook ber weary eyes.
The gala waa at Its height.
. Little Halrl moaned In her aleep,
Kid ber mother rose and took the
&lld Into ber own bed,- finding com
fort In the contact of the soft, small
body, and in listening to the regular
breathing of childhood' heavy sleep.
Wide-eyed she listened to the howl
ing of the tempest. -The peats fell to
gether; and, as a bright fiame sprang
ap, he door suddenly opened, and her
husband, clad In dripping oilskins,
came Into the room and walked up to
the fire place. .':'
Something tied the wife's tongue,
and also prevented her rising to greet
him. He raised his arm and groped la
the chimney for a moment, peering up
it; then she heard him sigh, and he
turned and looked at her, and she
knew that he was dead, for as she
looked he vanished. With earliest
daylight the distracted wife betook
herself to tne house of her sister, and
told her what she had seen.
The women never doubted, and wept
together during that day, apd alas!
and alas! the vision had warned too
truly, and the dread message came In
due course, telling the poor wife of the
loss of her husband's boat and the
drowning of Its crew. The heavy days
crept on, and winter asserted itself.
The poor must work though their
hearts bo broken; and little Mairl was
often left at home alone to watch the
Iron pot while her mother carried
creels of peat and potatoes on her thin
shoulders, the cold rain beating on her
bare head, the wind piercing through
Ihe ragged skirt she had herself dyed
black In respect for poor Donald's
memory.
"Mother." said the child one evening,
In the familiar Gaelic, "there is a stone
loose in the chimney. All day I was
afraid would fall into the pot."
"Where Ib It, ghaol (love)?" said her
nioll'cr. Sho looked, and there was in
deed a loose stone that she removed
with her hand, and behind v.i stone
a hole had been scooped out, and in the
hole was a canvas bag containing twen
ty pounds in gold and one-pound notes.
ro(ir drowned Donald's savings!
The widow burst into tears.
"Would to God that he had got a
better boat for hirnseli. sno sobbed,
"Hut he never thougut of himself, not
he; and now he Is pone and we ar
alone." Chamber's Journal.
NOT SO DEADLY.
The Torpedo in Warfare Has
Not
Come up to Expectations.
One thing which the present war in
the Far East lias proved is that even
the modern torpedo is not quite such
a--dcati'y a n.d effectivo weapon as it
was supposed to "be. The war began
with a torpedo attack by the Japanese
in tUe moHl favorable circumstances;
that is lo say, a surprise swoop upon
an unready enemy. The assailants at
Port Arthur discharged more than 20
torpedoes and made only three hits.
But the hits knocked two of the fin
est Russian ships off the effective list,
so that tile attack may be considered
successful, nlthougii In theory not a
Kussiau vessel should have been left
afloat. Torpedo warfare is the most
dashing, dangerous and ruthless of
all the forms of modern fighting at
sea. With a craft whose outside cost
may bo put at $35,000, manned by a
few dare-devil officers and men, It Is
possible with luck to destroy utterly
a ship on which $5,000,000 had been
spent and carrying nearly 1000 souls.
(mKT1trraSsaJMii5. craft Is
totally removed and her people kil
or drowned, yet her loss Is a trifle if
her mission of sinking or completely
incapacitating a battleship or cruiser
has been successfully accomplished.
The odds are obviously against a de
stroyer which makes a swoop on a
watchful and prepared enemy, risk
ing everything and making a dash
through a literal hall of shot In the
hope that before annihilation one or
both the torpedoes which are carried
in tile tubes may be fired and tho
object struck.
Another way is to steal unobserved
toward a war ship as the Japanese
iid at Port Arthur and let one or two
of the terrible weapons loose before
retiring swiftly into the darkness, in
any rase, with an effective hit the end
is quirk and sure. The cruiser or
battleship struck well below the wa
ter line In that unarmored part which
rends like paper heels over and sinks
before anything can be done to save
her or her people can escape. The
lessons of the war so far, while show
ing that the power of the torpedo has
been somewhat overrated, still go to
prove the formidable nature of this
weapon when skilfully and courag
eously handled, and incidentally show
the wisdom of the change of construc
tion In British destroyers. Of the
dangers to our own shores, says an
English writer, In case of war with a
first-class continental power, particu
larly from torpedo attacks, not a few
writers and speakers have drawn lur
id pictures. In the House of Lords
recently Lord Ellenborough, himself
an old naval officer, pictured a sur
prise descent on our coasts. "A night
attack," he said, "made by 50 or more
torpedo craft might sink all our avail
able battleships and destroy our navaj
supremacy nt a single blow."
Motor Ca Finest In England.
A lawyer complains In The Pall
Mall Gazette of London against the
absurd local variability of penalties
for excessive speed. What costs an
offender 10 pounds In pne district Is
only 40 shillings' worth in another;
and a schedule shows that the aver
age rate varies from seven pounds in
Kingston, Southampton and Cullomp
ton (Devon) to 30 shillings In Gull
fcrd and Epsom. It is ridiculous and
unfair, undoubtedly, but we do not
quite see how It Is to be obviated.
Even judges of the high court vary as
to the penal tic j they Inflict for the
same offenses and country benches
naturally vary tn accordance with
local feeling. No cast Iron rule is
possible, since the fine must obvious
ly depend on the circumstances of the
particular case. If the speed limit is
retained, probably general average
will work Itself out in time. Mean
while a motorist can only keep on the
safe side by being careful not . to
transgress anywhere.
A. Profitable 8turgeon.
The prize cow sturgeon of the sea
son was landed at Chester on Tues
day by Ikle Rothwell and a fellow
fisherman.
When drawn the big fish yielded 71
pounds of roe, which was sold at 65
cents a pound, netting the fishermen
$46.80. The carcass, after the roe
was drawn, weighed 847 pounds,
which was sold at 4 1-3 cents a pound,
netting fll.lt, the entire sum real
ized tor roe and stargeon being
$57.82. ,,V - ". .; :: - W-'-vV-;
From the money standpoint Fish
erman Rothwell and bis companion
ran claim that -they have made the
biggest catch of the season. Ches
ter Indenendent,
Mntt'nn
Must Supervise
The Corporations
By President Theodore Roosevelt
(Speech n.de
WANT to say a word as to governmental policy In which 1
feel that this whole country ought to take a great interest,
and which is Itself but part of a general policy into which I
think our government must go. I have spoken of the policy
of extending the powers of the Interstate Conlmeice Com
mission and of giving them particularly the power to fix
raleB and to have the rates that they Ax go into effect prac
tically at once.
As I say that represents in my mind part of what should
be the general policy of this country.
The policy of giving not to the state, but to the national government an
Increased supervisory and regulatory power over corporations Is the flrst step
and to my mind the most important step. In the days of the fathers of the
old among you the highways of commerce for civilized nations were what
they had always been; that Is, waterways and roads. Therefore they were
open to all who chose to travel upon them. Within the last two generations
wo have seen systems grow up and now the typical highway of commerce Is
the railroad. Compared to the railroad, the ordinary road for wheeled vehi
cles and the waterways, whether natural or artificial, have lost all their im
portance. Here in Colorado, for Instance. It Is the railroads which are the only high
ways that yen need take into account In dealing with the question of com
merce in the state or outside of the state. Therefore, under this changed sys
tem we see highways of commerce grow up. each of which Is controlled by
a single corporation or individual; sometimes several of them being controlled
in combination by corporations, or by a few individuals. When such is the
case, In my judgment. It Is absolutely necessary that the nation, for the state
cannot possibly do It, should assume a supervisory and regulatory function
over the great corporations which practically control the highways of com
merce. As with everything else mu idane, when you get that supervisory and reg
ulatory power on behalf of the nation you will not have cured all the evils that
existed, and you will not equal the expectations of the amiable but lll regu
lated cnthuslust who thinks that you will hive cured all those evils. A meas
ure of good will come. Some good will be done, some Injustice will have been
prevented, but we shall bo a long way from the mlllenium.
Get that fact clear In your mind, or you will be laying up for yourselves a
storo of Incalculable disappointment In the future. That Is the flrst thing.
Now the second step: When you give a nation that power, remember
that barm and not good will come from the giving unless you give It with tho
firm determination not only to get justice for yourselves, but to -do justice to
others; that you will be as Jealous to do justice to the railroads as to exact
justice from thom. We cannot afford In any shape or way in this country to
entourage a feeling which would do injustice to a man of property, and more
thnn'Wr would submit to injustice from a n an of property.
Whether the man owns the biggest railroad or the greatest outside cor
poration In the laud or whether he makes each day's bread by the sweat of
that day's toll, he is entitled lo justice and fail dealing, no more and no less.
"To-Day:"
A
Editor of the News
QRN between twoJjCM
eWling ori
breath; fjiTTiilrffl rtfTTomorrow
without ever r-'nr -" " '1 , J j " the swift
ness of a weaver's shuttle; dropping one by one Into the
ocean of eternity, as precious pearls might slip from a silken
cot J into some deep lake; as unfaltering in Its flight as is
the motion of the earth on its axis, and ever bearing our
l'.fe with it from one eternity to another, there is nothing
more real, nothing more elusive thai that period of time which we call "to
day." Our life for a day Is but an epllonie of a lifetime. We wake In the morn
ing with no knowledge of where our souls have been wandering while our
senses slept; with fresh vigor and Interest we enter upon the occupations
and Interests of our daily work, find fulfill our duties with a vigor which be
gins somewhul to fail as the evening shadows lengthen. As darkness deep
ens, the freshness and strength which marked ti.e early hours of the day give
place to weariness, and at last we are glad to lay aside our work and cares
nnd to surrender ourselves to the sleep which so closely resembles death, even
though we have no certainty that we shall ever wake to Bee the light of an
other day.
Each day has Its own allotted task, and It is seldom more than we have
the strength to perform. It is only when we go beyond that which was given
us for the day and force the tired mind and body to go on and on doing what
might well be left till the morrow; when we are not content to bear the evils
of the day, but harass our souls by anticipating those the future may bring;
when we are not satisfied with the "dally bread" for which one wiser than we
taught us to pray, but strive to "lay up much goods for many years;" when
the pleasures that were given us to enjoy in moderation degenerate into wild
excesses, that nature takes revenge for the neglect of her laws, and sanitari
ums and lunatic asylums are Ailed with victims of ill-regulated lives.
Judges Always Fail
Heredity and Environment Make Difference.
By Justice David J. Brewer.
HE highest thought of the judicial life Is Justice. That Is Its
ultimate purpose. But what Is Justice? As between indi
viduals it is securing to each the exact measure of his rights
and taking from each the exact amount of his obligations.
In other words, it establishes a perfect balance between
e' - j act and its result to the actor. Hence the frequent
picture of the blind goddess.
Law in the moral world is as imperative as law in the
T
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material. The inexorable certainty which appertains to the
latter is an attribute of the former. The one Is the mathematics of matter;
the other the mathematics of the spirit The scientist Is never satisfied until
in all the phenomena of matter he has disclosed that certainty.
The judge longs to discover It In all actions to which the moral test Is ap
plicable. But here we come to the parting of the ways. The student ol tat
ter may succeed; the judge will always fall.
There are two geat forces creating and molding our characters heredity
and environment Two men are brought to the bar of criminal justice. In
the eye of the law they stand alike, and yet In the essential elements of char
acter, those elements that enter Into and determine the question and quantity
of moral guilt, they may be as wide apart as the poles.
Through past generations forces beyond human ken have been operating
to give form and shape to their characters. They are unlike because they
come of separate ancestry, and different influences have from remote time
been at work fashioning them into being.
Those two men stand at the bar ot human Justice on the same plane, and
tor the concrete fact proved against them suffer the same punishment; but in
the eye of higher wisdom there is a world-wide difference between their guilt. -The
extent of that difference is something which no human knowledge can de
termine. In some other time and place the failures of justice on earth will
be rectified. Infinite wisdom will there search the past of every life, measure
with exactness the influences ow heredity snd environment, and out of the full
ness of that knowledge correct the errors which we are powerless to prevent
The Inevitable failure of Justice in this life is an assurance of a life to
come. . . .
Peculiar Case of Smuggling.
A smuggling case .which is proba
bly unique, even in the strange an
nals ot contraband, has just been be
fore the custom court ot Marseilles.
On board the French steamer Tour
sine there was found a large quantity
ot opium smuggled, not by any in
dividual in particular, but by the
wholo ship's company, and the strange
spectacle was witnessed of the heavy
tin of S pftunds being1 levied on all,
every man In the vessel being mulcted
in his proportion, assessed according
to wages.
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at Denver.)
Rha
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Taw a
Real Absent-mindedness. "
"As Tor absent-minded men," said
the youth with red hair, who had just
been reading a 'live Topic' about one
"the best sample I ever saw was a
Kan who was lighting his clgarxon the
platform of a car. He had a sliver
match safe, When the cigar was lit
he threw away thu matchbox and
carefully folded op the wax and put
It in his pocket" New York dun.
Missouri produces' 14 per cent of
all the sine and DO per cent of all
the nickel mined in the United States.
THE PULP1T.
AN ELCQIJENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE RtV. F. E. TAYLOR.
Knhjrcli Clirltl an I Ihe Multitude.
Brooklyn, N. Y. Sunday morning, In
the Greene Avenue Baptist Church, tho
Iter. Frederick E. Taylor preached on
"Christ and the Multitude." The text
was from Matthew, lx:3.-38: "And
Jrsus went about all the cities and the
villages," etc. Mr. Taylor said:
Kor nearly two years Jesus bad min
gled with the people of Palestine. He
had visited their towns ami villages,
had seen life in all its different phases,
and had been a source of blessing to all
who sought His favor. He had wit
nessed the hollow mockery which
passed for rcllgiou among the Phari
sees nhd had burned with indignation
as He saw the people receiving stones
Instead of bread from those whose
duty It was to feed their souls. The
whole nation had been astonished by
His miracles, and nfter a year of com
parative obscurity. He- had entered
upon one of popular favor. His popu
larity was now at Its height, and thou
sands were found eagerly listening to
the words of authority with which He
spake. Notwithstanding His great
popularity a careful observer would
hare noticed that instead of a look of
triumph. Ills face Indicated tender con
cern for the great multitudes which
were continually seeking Him. He
was beginning to realize more snd
more the awful need of the people, and
His spirit was stirred within Him as
He saw the possibilities for good
r.moiig those who flocked to hear His
words of life and pence.
Living in a great city, surrounded by
thousands of men and women who are
careless nnd Indifferent nbout their
earthly welfare, we are constantly fac
ing the problem of how to reach and
help those for whom Christ died.
What was the attitude of Christ to
ward those unsaved masses? How did
He seek to solve the problem of reach
ing them? Is there any way of our
helping the people of our day and gen
eration? These are some of the ques
tions which wc shall attempt to an
swer. I believe that when the church
of God follows the fxample of the
Master in His treatment ot the masses,
the masses will be reached nnd saved.
In the first place. I notice that Jesus
was tilled with compassion for them.
"When Hp saw the multitudes He was
moved witli compassion for them be
cause they were distressed and scat
tered as sheep not having a shepherd."
Compassion is the keyword to the life
of Jesus Christ. Wc find the evangel
ists reporting instances of His compas
sion again and ngaln. When a leper
comes seeking health, Jesus, i moved
with compassion, puts forth FLU. hand
and with a touch .rstores hV
trdstrength and vigor.
jde,
slon nnd
imli to supply their need, it
tbe compassion of Jesus that led
the healing of the two blind men
tear Jericho, and It was this same feei
ng that prompted the resurrection of
lut! nmutv a nun ill ahiii.
Not only in His nets of kindness, but
in all His teaching we find that the
spirit of compassion Is dominant. Tha
best known parables uttered by the
Saviour are the parable of the Good
Samaritan nnd the parable of the Prod
igal Son, and compassion is tbe key
word .n both. The compassion of a
Samaritan Irads to the saving of nn
en?my, nnd It was this same spirit on
the part of the father which made the
home wining so sweet to the Prodigal.
This Is the need of the disciples of
Christ to-day. The multitudes are all
about us. They are careless, Indiffer
ent, sinful; but only because they do
not know the love of Christ. Deep
down in their lives there is n hunger
for something better, nnd in mnny
cases men nre groping nfter light on
the pathway of life. The church can
ond should meet the need, but only a
realization of the need nnd an Infilling
of the spirit of Christ to meet it will
solve the problem.
If the great heart of the Master was
moved with compassion for tbe multi
tudes of His day, what would He think
nay, what does He think when He
sees the vast multitudes in our grent
city who are going about as sheep
without a shepherd? I believe that if
we are true disciples of our Lord we
will feel as He felt, and instead of Ig-j
norlng or condemning those who know'
not Christ, we will leave no stone un
turned until they come to know Him,
whom to know Is eternal life.
In tbe second place, I notice that
Jesus saw a harvest ready for the
reaper. He said, "The harvest truly Is
plenteous." He saw the possibilities
among those who flocked around Him,
and knew that among them there were
many who could easily be led Into the
i. ... p.in
paths of righteousness. And this wns
characteristic of Christ. It Is true that
much ot Ills time was spent in sowing
the good seed of the kingdom, but It Is
also true that Ho was constantly find
ing opportunities to reap rich harvests
of souls wherever He went.
He goes to the seaside and finds a
harvest among the fishermen. He
stops at a well side and reaps tbe first
fruits of a splendid revival among the
despised Samaritans. At the seat of
custom He finds one who is to be an
apostle and write down tbe good news
for the Hebrew people. Wherever He
went Jesus always found the fields
white and ready for the reaper. And,
brethren, I belleve'ibat those who pos
sess the spirit o' tbe Master will al
ways find abundant opportunities foi
rich harvests ot souls.
On one of these occasions Jesus said
to His disciples, "Say not ye there sre
yet four months snd then cometh har
vest? Behold, I say unto you, lift up
your eye and look on tbe fields, for
they, are white already to harvest,"
The trouble with us Is unbelief in tbe
possibility of a harvest here and now.
Some time In the dim future we expect
to reap, but the years pass on snd
tbe conditions grow less and less hope
ful nnd golden opportunities are lost
forever.
But I notice In the third place that
Jesus not only saw a great need, Jiut
He told His disciples bow it could be
met "The harvest truly is plenteous,"'
said He, "but the laborers are few."
Surely uo one ever fei the need of
laborers more than Jesus Christ -Face
to face with thousands who yearned
to know tbe way of life, and limited
by His humanity, to that It was only
possible to deal with a very few of
those who cauie to Him, He felt the
need Of laborers ss uo other ever did.
It Is true that He had a band of
chosen disciples to carry on tbe work
that He began, but at this time they
could not be trusted to do very much,
ss tbey themselves only knew the truth
Imperfectly.'-,
Every true servant of flort has felt
his bfiirt sink within luliu more thnu
once, as, looUIng out over the multi
tudes, he hasWen the grent need tot
men unit woiicn, who, counting their
lives not dear Vuto themselves, would
lay them down nt the Master's feet to
be spent In loyal service for (hose who
knew Him not. It Is not necessary tn
discuss tbe need for laborers; this Is
so apparent that it iinpils no discus
sion. What we need to-day Is to
know the remedy and then appl; It
to the disease. More than one earnest
minister of the Gospel bus presented
the needs ot bis field, and then sup
posed that the people would flock to
his support, only to be sadly disap
pointed. No, the Muster's way is the
best way. He did not tell the disciples
to go out nnd exhort the people to be
come laborers for Hlin: He sent them
to the owner of the vineyard with n
request that he send forth laborers
into his harvest; "Pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest that He send
forth laborers Into His harvest."
Prayer is the divine method, nnd I be
lieve that more workmen have gone
forth In response to definite, earnest
petition offered by men nud women
who have felt the need for laborers
than by the use of any oilier method.
Let the members of tiie church begin
to feel tho multitudes without, let
them begin to piny that the people may
be saved, let them ask the Lord of tbe
harvest to send forlli laborers and
hundred" of those who nre to-day with
in tbe. very li:v!ov of our churches
will be led Into the way of life.
And now. lit conclusion, may I sny
that those who nre led to pray for the
multitude are usually led Into a larger
service on their behalf. Thirty years
ago, says a recent writer In n religious
paper, the re?ion about London docks
contained as large u population ns any
district In Africa. Back of the huge
warehonses were Innumerable courts
and alleys filjed with fog and dirt, and
every horror of sight nnd sound and
smell. It was a rendezvous for the
lowest types of humanity. The wealthy
and Infltienllal classes In this settle
ment were the rumseliers and gam
blers. Children were born nud grew to
middle age In these precincts who
never heard the iininc of Jesus except
In nn oath. Thirty thousand souls were
Included in one parish here, but the
clergyman never ventured out of the
church to teach. A young man named
Charles Lewder, belonging to an old
English family, happened to pnss
through the rtistriet just before leaving
Oxford. His classmates were goini;
Into politics, or the army, or the bar,
full of ambition and hope, to make n
name in the world; but Lowder heard,
as be said, "a cry of mingled agony,
suffering, laughter and blasphemy
coming from those depths, that rang In
his ears go where he would." On his
knees before his Maker he asked that
help might be sent to those who were
dying for the Water of Life. God gra.
eioiisly led him to see that the man
who felt the need the most would be
tne one who could do the most for
the people, nnd lie gave up nil plans
for bis life and went to labor among
those for whom he had prayed. He
took n bouse in tbe lowest slums nud
Jyed In it. He preached every day In
eets, mid for months was peltefl
bats, shot at and driven back
He bad Hiifortniuiately
rlilch to reaO (Kun:
be was I "Xnw. TSMWrTnn, speaker;
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but he was hold, pStlent and In earnest.
Even the worst ruffian learned to re
spect the tall thin curate, whom he
saw stopping the worst street fights,
nursing the victim of Asiatic cholera
snd facing mobs bent on taking bis
life.
Mr. Lowder lived in London docks
twenty-three years. Night schools wer
opened. Industrial schools and a refuge
for drunkards, discharged prisoners
and fallen women. A large church was
built and several mission chapels. His
chlpf assistants In the work were the
men ntid women whom he had rescued
from, the paths that abut on hell. A
visitor said that tbe church differed
froiri others In that "all were In such
(teiilly earnest." Mr. Lowder broke
dolvn under his work nnd died In n vll
Uhf in the Tyrol whither he had gone
fftf n rest. lie was brought back to
the, docks where he had worked so
long. Across the bridge where he had
once been chased by a mob bent on
taking bis life, his body was reverently
carried while the police were obliged
to krep back the crowd of sohblng peo
ple who pressed forward to get a
glimpse of "Father" Lowder. as they
called him. Nn such funeral, says
London papr, has ever been seen in
England. Tb? whole population of
East London turned out. stopping work
for that day; the special trains run to
Chlselhurst were filled, nnd thousands
followed on foot. miserable men nud
women whom he had lifted up from
barbarism to life nnd hope.
Charles Lowder bad seen th? multi
tude, the compassion of Christ had
Ailed his heart, his prayer had been
answered, and if he could have look.ed
river ihe fiattlements of Ileavrn that
day he would have realized that his
labor had not been In vain In tha Lord.
Jot.
True Chrlstlnn Joy Is glorified joy,
says the Apostle Paul. That Is, It has
the glory of Heaven sinning upon n,
filling, suffusing, transfiguring It, In
tensifying it. In other words, there
is no other Joy anything like so rich,
so deep, so full, so blessed ns the joy
which comes with religion, which
springs out of faith. "Believing wo
rejoice."
It is a Joy, too, tiint rises above all
sorrow and trouble. Suffering saints
have often been the most Joyful. "We
rejoice, though now for a season, if
need be, we nre in heaviness." "As
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing."
It Is our duty to be Joyful and our
privilege to sprend Joy among others.
It is also nn effective means of qpm
mending the religion of Christ to oth
ers. ,
Take joy home,
And make plsce in thy heart for her;
And give -her time to grow, and cherub
her;
Then she will come and sing to thee.
-(). B. V. Hnllock. D. D.
Latest PUraeT
"The latest purse Is appropriately
called the money spinner. It Is made
ot gold mesh formed exactly like a
Spider's web with a huge Jeweled
spider in tbe center. On the hand
that holds the. bag la shown one ot
the smartest suede gloves at the mo
ment, finished with a bracelet of black
and white silk around the wrist
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Reaoedlng the Pasture.
Tr a permanent pasture timothy,
redtop, orchard grass and white clover
are generally used, as these grasses
seem to hold out as well as sny. Other
kinds may be added, if preferred, but
the three mentioned should never bo
omitted. The fall or early spring is
an excellent time for reseeding the
pastures, but In so doing the farmer
should use. clean seod, use it plenti
fully and scratch it In If possible. One
of the best plans to assist a pasture
Is to sow white clover seed on the bare
nlaces, as it will make growth where
ome seeds will fall.
8owlng Rape In Corn.
Farmers, where corn Is grown as a
pi.aclpal crop, are. frequently advised
to combine sheep or pigs In their op
erations. The advice usually tendered
Is to pop In some catch crop like rye
as soon as the land Is clear of the
corn crop, and wherever tho plan has
been tried it has been very successful.
Mr. F. M. Webster of New York State,
who is an ardent advocate of cultivat
ed pasturage, has been trying to save
time by sowing rape broadcast among
the growing maize Just before horse
hoeing it for the last time. The rape
thus sown docs well, and by tho time
the grain is harvester there Is a lino
Trimming.
Trees should have the branches
shortened In when planted. "I hate to
cut the branches back," exclaims :h
well-meaning planter, "ft spoils the
looks of the trees." So It does tempor
arily; but at the end of the season
the trimmed trees will have made
twice the growth of those untrimmcd.
It is of the utmost importance that
each kind of tree should be trimmed
In accordance with its needs. With
apple trees, shorten back three-fourths
of the growth of the side branches.
Leave a dominant center so that the
next set of branches will be at least
a foot above the present set of
branches. Cherries should be shorten
ed as to the side branches to threo
strong buds. Peach trees should have
the branches shortened to one bud at
the base of the branch and the trunk
of the peach tree, no matter if five or
six feet In height they should he short
ened to 30 or even 24 inches. Rural
World.
Drawing Buttermilk and Washing.
When the granules are of the right
size, and If salt In the buttermilk is
not objectionable, the addition of this
will make It draw better, but I have
seldom been troubled that way and
there 1b no need of losing a single
granule as a strainer, or better, a hair
sieve should be used In drawing.
When this is done, about the same
amount of water from 50 to 55 degrees
should replace the buttermilk (If the
granules seem very soft 45 degrees
may be allowed); the churn should be
turned a few times. Unless It Is de
sired to harden the granules Ihe water
should be drawn at once, it is a big
mistake to leave the butter to soak
In water for hours. As a rule, two
rinsings should be enough and indeed
some of the finest butler is made with
out rinsing at all, relying on tho work
ing to remove ue buttermilk. The
Danes used to do this, but now they
rinse the granules by dipping them
from the buttermilk with a hair sieve
and then removing this gently In a tub
of cold water, thus washing the but
ter only once and only for a minute
or so. As in most other matters, the
best road lies in the middle courso.
J. H. Monrad. New York.
Feeding Silage.
In his recent elaborate enquiries In
to the cattle feeding problems, Prof.
Mumford of the Illinois agricultural
college station reports in circular 'J2
on the subject, the experience of an
old feeder In Henry county (hat sti.:-.',
from which we take the following:
"I am now fattening my fourth car
of beef using silage as one feed per
day and with such satisfactory results
that I expect to continue its use as
long as I am In the cattle feeding
business. As to the method ot feeding,
we feed one-half bushel of silage per
head in the morning and scatter five
pounds of bran per head over It and
stir It all up together; then let the cat
tle Into the shed to the feed. ThcB
they all have an equal chance to get
their share. At noon we feed a hun
dred hills of shock corn per car of 20
head, and at night a peck of ear corn
per head, broken In the boxes, aiming
to feed only so much at any one time
as the rrtttle will eat up cloai before
they, leave the racks and boxes. The
amounts of shock corn and ear corn
are varied some so as to give the cat
tle all they will eat up clean. I find
that cattle fed on silage as a part of
the ration, while not ready tor the
market quite as soon as those fed a
straight corn ration, make mora
growth per month during the fattening
period than when fed clear corn as Is
the general practice In this country."
This feeder .buys In the tall .steers
weighing 800 to 900 pounds, feeds them
six to nine months, and reports aver
age gains of 60 pounds per month. He
omits silage from the ration during
tbe last month of feeding. His cattle
graded "choice" when fat, selling from
40 to SO cents per hundred weight be
low the "top" of the market Indiana
Hurmer.
' . Separating Oeam.
The temperature of the milk when
separated ought to be uniform. If
there Is a variation of tea or more de
grees when the milk is run through
the separator at different times the
richness of the cream will vary with
the temperature. In soma cases, owing
to some delay, (he separator may not
be started so soon after milking as
la others; the, milk then tools ol be
low the proper separating temperature,"
and unless due allowance Is made for
this loss of fat? will occur. H
The sneed at which the ienaritor
Is turned has considerable Influence
on the thoroughness ot separation,
and upon tho texture of the cream.
If at any time the work is hurried, and
more milk is run through the machine
in a given time than Is usual, the qual
ity of the croam will be changed. The . :
amount of sklmmilk or water run .
through the machine whon the sep
arator is about finished, will Influence .
the quality of the cream, depending
upon whether the machine is flushed
out with a little or a large quantity ,
of water or milk. After a person be
comes aware of the effect of each OlN
these things upon the texture of tbe 7
cream, he can, If he likes, run the ;
separator each time, so that his cream
will bo fairly uniform. Sometimes the
separator Is started as soon as milk
ing Is commenced. This is all right
If matters are so arranged that the
machine Is running at full capacity all
the time, but when the supply runs
out, and the machine has to be 5 -stopped,
or to run empty until a fur ;
ther lot of milk Is brought, then wt
got a cream that Is not uniform In
composition.
The chief points In running a sep
arator so as to obtain uniform reaults
are to watch the speed at which tho
machine Is run, the temperature ot '
the milk, and the amount of milk ;
skimmed per hour. The American
Cultivator.
Sound Clover Hay.
J pivfer lo-cniOn t
for the reason that clover has
little chance to cure before
falls and will not. be affected
if it were partly cured.
The next day, after the dew is off,
go over your clover, giving It a good
turning, either by hand or by a ted
der, and if the clover is heavy it will
be well to give two turnings or ted-
dings. By this time tho clover will be
gin to show signs of being partly
cured, and still it isn't dry enough to
break off the leaves, heads and smaller
stems which are the best parts ol
the hay. Then start the rake and
rake it into medium-sized windrows.
I prefer to do my raking In the mid
dle of the afternoon and avoid raking
in the evenings. Next day, If you are
not sure the day is going to be such as
to finish curing the clover In the
windrow, take your fork and slightly
nTwtMnonii-
iras""
ter ejjAWTWapart JaVihya-VuTy 1
:-un have a better chance to shine on 1
the clover and the breezes to pass "
through which is a great aid in cur
ing hay. After the dew is off, lift the
clover off the ground and Invert It
Then after dinner, if It is well cured,
begin to draw In and mow away.
A good way to test (his matter Is
to take some stalks and twist thenf
together and if they show no signs of '
moisture generally your clover is all
right. If the day has been a bad one "
1 would prefer to leave it a day longer
by bunching it up.
I-ast year I spoiled what would
have been choice hay simply by draw
ing it in when it was too full of mois- -ture.
Tho weather was threatening,
and I did not rare to leave It in the
field over Sunday, so drew it In; but
next time I have hay under similar cir
cumstances 1 shall bunch'lt together
and take my chances with the rain
and last year It didn't rain after all
The stock eat it and seem to liko It '
as a change, but it is not choice hay.
C. F. B., in tho Boston Cultivator.
A Few Poultry Notes.
When alralfa cannot be had, give
Ihe chicks a chance at red clover. -
Poultry raising is now the fad lc
Florida, where the Industry has long
been neglected.
Quarreling hens should be separ- -ated,
as a hen (hat Is worried will not"
do her best at laying.
Give the bens and young chicks a
chance for an occasional dust bath,
which will drive away lice.
An ugly rooster should be disposed
of. He is as dangerous in tho flock
as when running at large.
When killing fowls, let the blood
drip into a pail of bran, as the mix
ture makes a splendid food.
Grit, oyster shells or a baked mix
ture of salt and charcoal should al- -waya
be available for the hens.
It will soon be time to dispose ot
tho old hens, which should be done
along in the summer when they quit
laying. .... ; ,,.:r.. -
A poultry raiser giyM-ttartlloivtngeV-,
combination for morning feed for lay
ing hens: Mash of bran and dry cut
alfalfa, equal parts, 5 percent meat
and blood meal, same amount ot
crushed charcoal, the whole Seasoned
with salt.
The Oldest Indian.
8wltchley Lowery, a full-blooded
Cherokee, perhaps the oldest Indian
in the' five nations, died recently, at
his home, on Lowery Prairie, 16 miles
north from Tahlequah, says the Tahle
quah (I. T.) Leader.
He was one of the original emig
rants from the southeastern states,
but his full sojourn in the west Is not
exactly known. He has probably been
here 100 years.
: Several generations have sprung
from- htm, who lived In different parts
of the nation, and are and have been
good citizens. Mr. Lowery had a
good name among his neighbors, and
everywhere he was known, having the
respect and confidence of all.
Mlsplaced.
The tourist left the train at every
station and went ahead to the bag
gage car to ask It his trunk was safe.
' "Are you. quite sure," he asked the
baggage officer tor the sixth time,
"that my trunk Is safe?"
"Begorra, I wish tbe Ird had mada
ye an elephant, instead of an ass,"
was the exasperated reply, "an' then
you'd always have your trunk la front
of you," Harper's Weekly.