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KRANKLIN. N. C WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1006.
VOLUME XXt.
ANlvLIN
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h DAY IN
If yd htnra to ba tut driving km No-
,j. trainer Batnrday .
wnn the roade tn etltf ind frnety.vana
i i Plure rough tod inijr,
And tlx corn-Heidi all arc nubble, and tbt
i i ." ar rn at lat.
AiKl tbt snnlrnd'a nutty provender ll gar-
nered nuf and taat
ion may meet rreakln carriage, full of
DiIIm llkniit fMHin
For The farmer's little people all are Jog.
ting Into town.
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Big brother does the driving his hands
For faihor cannot .snare the time to bo
way ao-jong,
I rearward- scat I
hap Iti i li MaW
Cuddled close tS. yctiDW children In their
Though the Wrl who sits lo windward Is
Inraaed from sole to crown
In a "bulf'ler robe reaplcnilent, fof the
jaiiniy Bununy Wat,
chilly drive to town -
Bill the state of little brother who shall
at. i.."1!". t ""it!
Bo charred with alad eTpectancy he scare
can keep hi seat I
Ilia can pulled down about his ers to meet
hi Inilfllni, tailltAjl
Hit poeMs fit with treasures that be lie roiiy hunger for the farmhouse, dearer
ttmldn t leave bohlud, far than any townl
Jrnnnle rendicton Uwlag, in Vouth's Companion.
THE NIGHT
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By ROGER
"!IHI)t1 I ittt'f-r ' t
The night lowered dark and stormy
round the lonely Island of Sarbroo,
in the South Pacific Ocean.
The tall cocoanuts lining the beach
tossed their heads wildly to and fro,
nd the great seas came thundering
upon the sand, sending showers of
pray far inland.
About two hundred yards from the
beach, in a little log house, sat an old
missionary the Rov. John Sturgis,
with his only daughter, Leila, who bad
accompanied her father to this distant
shore, that she might be near to com
fort him and administer to his wants.
A lovelier girl than Leila seldom
greeted mortal vision.
The light of the lamp upon the
coarse table, In one cornor .of the
rough but neatly-swept floor, fell up
on her chestnut hair, seeming to en
circle It with a halo, while the pure,
Innocent expression uf tho young face
might have moved a heart of Btone.
The eyes of this girl wcro of deep
azel, her skin was transparently
air, her form perfect In Us graceful
portions.
kt the moment of which we write.
sat upon a little stool nt her fat fi
ll feet, her bright hend resting up-
hls knee, and a satisfied smile
erlng about her pretty moutn, as
1 felt the caressing touch of her
Vnt's hand.
Ifllln. " said he after a while, "do
never feel tlrod of living away
here with me In tho Pacilic
In!"
Ircd! oh, no, papa no, indeed."
las! I feel that it is sellish of me
eep you ncro. icu mw, ua
not sometimes think of Charles
ananu
A vivid blush caino upon I-clla s
eek, her bosom heaved.
'Oh, neve mind, papa," she said,
ftly.
"That means that you do think of
if will not deny It," she answered,
htly, burying her face upon his
jsom. "But Charles, you know, has
lomlaed to wait for me; so I am sat-
Sturgls smiled.
Is most time that his ship ar-
off this place. You know hr aald
mid touch hero on his way home
Australia."
he said so when we parted
Ihlm," she- answosJl, her bright
jiier
hnd-
fhad
uklng
.out In
h . have
hey are
achlngs,
tat might
n g here,
ily added,
omebody's
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And the d!mralb tnm-A lit harvest 1i bis
, mlttenrd flat of brown. . ,
To Be nx-nt In rei-klrae Joyance when they
tcthef Ih the town I
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And now the heart's deelre la "reached, and
In the busy afreet
Small, cramping muscles stretch attain with
tramp of aturdy feet. -
The careful 'barter OTer, and the good
I . .n.kl mtm-mm
In the box that brought the hotter and the
rax tnai went lor pay.
There U hopping, there are bonnets; and a
To cloud the nerfrt sunshine of the chll
arena doy in town.
twit ah, when that's acconinllahed, comes 1
upltco of perfect Joy .. .
The Jewel-moment of the week to a little
..(intev knit t
The Spiral strliie of peppermint, the lemon's
'jlie brittle, bjl'kv parcel that he hudfllea
Lo tou" thins""" ever fancies, as It list
, with .v-Si-nina elrh .
He climbs the mud-stalncd iile and bids
That one day -A dav of manhood
thoiish
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Sllrreas bis lit1
PURSUIT. I
STARBUCK.
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H 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 ill 1 1 1 Y.
Mr. Sturges glanced toward the win
dow Just in time to see the hideous
face of a savage, which had been
pressed against the pane, hastily with
drawn. Ho rose and moved to the door,
which he quickly opened, peering out
into the gloom.
At first he could see nothing, but
he finally made out a number of dark
forms gathered on the beach, appar
ently holding council. Through the
gloom ho could faintly distinguish, in
tho phosphor light from the white
waves, a number of long spears and
heavy war clubs carried by the party.
"Lelln," he whispered, quickly re
turning, "we must fly!"
Tho young girl turned as palo as
death.
"Keep up a bravo heart, Leila.
Heaven will help us!"
She caught the gleam of his benig
nan eye and her spirit seemed nerved
with almost superhuman resolution.
In a moment she had thrown on her
bennct and shawl, and was at the side
of her father, who hnd donned his cap
and coal.
He cast a wistful eye at his books
in a rude bookcase In the corner; but
there was no chance or tirao to take
them with him.
Even as he moved toward the back
door with his child, a savago yell
broko forth, and the tramp of ap
proaching feet was heard.
He rushed out with his daughter; at
the same moment something whist
ling past his head, proclaimed that he
hod been seen. It was a spear, which
just grazing the side of his cay, lodged
In the trunk or a broad fruit tree be
yond. The missionary hurried along until
he reached a thick clump of shrubbery
growing by the side of the path, when,
with his child, he ensconced himself
therein.
The tramp of feet drew nearer, but,
thanks to the darkness, the fugitives
had' not been seen to hide themselves,
and Boon the natives, believing that
they had kept on, rushed past them.
"Heaven Is helping us," whispered
Mr. Sturges to his child. "We will re
main quiet a few moments longer
then we will endeavor to get to the
hcaeh unobserved."
They remained motionless, 'hardly
daring to breathe, until they felt sure
the savages hart gone some distance,
when they emerged and made for the
t a spot where, in a small cove,
:es kept his own little canoe.
'a they launched the frail ves-
ther yell proclaimed that they
again seen, asJ through tho
kness they could dimly see the
ms of the natives as they came on.
Quick, my child!" cried Mr.
Kfurges, as he helped his daughter in
to the canoe; "we must paddle out to
sea, and may Heaven keep our canoe
from swomplog in this storm!"
A shower of spears whistled round
the fugitives; but, fortunately, not one
touched them. In a moment they were
In their canoe, paddling far out upon
the dark waters.
wind roared
shrieked
seas
tossed
an egg
's as if the
oil over.
her father;
from their
'possible felt
be swallow-
tot seemed on
rose higher.
iter at timet en-
ng It, '
ver, by rapid and
contrived to keep
float
. Leila suddenly In
putting toward something
istera of them, and apparentlly
canoe!" exclaimed her father;
arge canoe; the tavaget are In
riult!"
It Is alt over with us, then!"
ped Leila,
At that moment, from a tuddon
penlng In the dark clouds, the moon
urst forth, throwing a broad glaro
of silver light athwart the waters.
Mr. Sturges then discovered that
the large caaoe, which wag lull of
natives, was Indeed rapidly gaining.
Vainly be strained, himself at the
paddle; vainly tils lovely daughter al
to exerted herself; the natives drew
dearer every moment, shouting ex-,
nltantly as they came on.
The1 fugitives were now paddling on
a courts diagonal with the shore, and
which carried them toward a high
rocky promontory, Jutting out into the
tea from the soptham extremity of the
Island. r C- (
As they drew near this promontory
the face of the missionary lighted up
wltti hope; for he had, not kntg sine,
discovered there an under-sea tavern,
ofthe existence of which be b'leved
t'h savages knew nothing thelpon-
he
aamr, rfrnt
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a
Ing to this retreat being conceaif ii by
a reck, overgrown with thick masses
of seaweed,
Boon; however, he pereeivod thtit h
must be hvertaken ere be1 could reach
the ' place; All further' ixertloh was
useless. ; f here was the natives
canooe, lest then ten fathoms distant,
speeding along toward the smaller one
like an arrow.'
In this extremity Mr. Sturges re
solved to resort' to prayer.
He threw hlmslef upon his knees in
the canoe and prayed God, if it so
pleated Hint to take the petitioner, to
spare his lovely child. Meanwhile
poof Leila, who had also Stopped pad
dling, Was praying that her father
might be Saved, even though she Were
destroyed
Beautiful sight It was to See thd
young girl with Upturned face, the
moonlight Upon her features and Bbln
lng hair, St she sat there til the rock'
lng canoe.
Mr. Sturges concluded his prayer.
Now lie stood upright id the little
craft, gating toward his enemies ad
they Came dm
Thus gazing he did not observe i
stately ship, which suddenly came
looming round the promontory men
tioned, under reefed topsails.
The suddenness of this vision, hith
erto concealed by the high land, was
not without its effect upon the natives,
all of whom now stopped paddling,
gazing toward the strange vessel.
"Go ahead," screamed the evil
voice of Seedon, who was among them.
"Never mind the ship, but first get
these runaways In your clutches."
The natives again took to their pad
dles. On came the canoe, and In a
few minutes it must reach the fugi
tives. Mr. Sturges and his daughter
now beheld the Btrange ship, which,
not distant further than a quarter of
a mile, was booming along straight
toward them.
"If we can only reach that vessel,"
he said to his daughter. "Quick,
Leila, paddles again."
With superhuman strength they
pnddled toward tho ship, Mr. Sturges
now and then shouting and pausing to
wave an arm to her. Finally, over
powered by their exertions, father
and daughter wcro obliged to pause.
Their pursuers wcro closo upon them
so was the ship.
"Help, Help!" screamed the mission
ary, springing up. "We aro pursued
by savages."
His shrill volco was evidently heard,
for the ship was now directed straight
toward the savages' canoe, which it
soon struck, dashing It to pieces and
passing over it, killing Henry Seedon
outwrlght and leaving the other oc
cupants striking out for shore.
Mr. Sturges and his daughter were
then picked up, to meet with an agree
able surprise, to discover in tho cap--taln
of the vessel Leila's lover
Charles Graham.
"My prayer has hcen answered,"
said Sturges, solemnly, as he embrac
ed his weeping, blushing daughter.
Wo have to add that they had a
safe and speedy passage homo, and
that Leila, soon after, was united to
Captain Graham.
Mr. Sturges found a comfortablo
home with them (luring the remainder
of his llfo. New York News.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Among elephants both sexes of the
African species have ivory trunks,
while in Asia these are generally re
stricted to the male.
A farmhouse near Minchead, Eng
land, Is situated In so deep a hollow
that for three months of the year the
sun's rays do not fall upon it.
Pet dogs In sunbonnets and blue
glass spectacles are to be seen fol
lowing their owners through the
streets of Berlin In hot weather.
A London firm hasconstructedonthe
roof of Its warehouses a rifle range,
so that Its employes may have prac
tice without going far or being put
to traveling expenses. Lord Roberts
will open the range.
When the Booth liner Cyril sank In
the River Amazon, a wealthy Brazil
ian banker was the only person who
was able to save his personal property
which consisted of a small handbag
containing $90,000 in banknotes.
The importance of removing all un
necessary objects from the decks of
men of war was emphasized on board
the Japanese MIkasa, on which 23
men were killed or wounded by the
fragment of an optic telegraph that
had been bit by a bomb.
The other day thousands of rats
were seen running along some of the
streets of Paris, near the Eastern Sta
tion. They had been driven from
their haunts by the destruction of an
old bridge. Many were killed by man
and beast, but some of the attacking
cats were killed by the rats.
The pavement before the door of the
Church of San Carlo de Borromeo, in
Monterey, Mexico, Is a curious memen
to of the whaling industry of that
town. The round, mushroom-like ob
ject! in the pavement are' the ver
tebrae of whales. . This is one of the
churches founded by the Spanish mis
eionary fathers in the 16th century.
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:??: , I, Grand Old Miiv -'t;'
If s despatch from Richmond, Va,
telling of one of Cupid's latest mir
acles in the Old Dominion, Is not a
bit of fiction,,' the fountain of perpet
ual youth Is located In Virginia, and
not In Florida, According to this cap
tivating chronicle, "Jacob Kinney, (0
years old, tlx timet married, the fa
ther of forty-four children, secured a
lioense at the Henrico County Clerk's
office on Tuesday to wed Ana Green,
who is 00 years old and no novice is
matrimony." Mr. Kinney, when asked
why he intended to marry the seventh
time, replied: "t need helpmeet"
1 All the world loves a lover, so here's
happiness and prosperity to the Vir
ginian who, after embarking tlx timet
on the tea of matrimony, gets ready
for a seventh voyage without fear or
trembling. To be young enough at
90 to wed a widow of 60 is a boon
crnnted to few, mortals, Baltimore
Clean the Eggs.
Before placing the eggs in the bas
ket after daily collections, wash them
tn cold Water. This is to guard
against licet add also the Sinalt mites,
which are not readily detected. They
are also hicer to handle, Td get the
highest prices for ggs they should
be clean in evefy respect. Buyers
judge td a great extent, of the fresh
ness of eggs by their appearance, and
it therefore pays to have then! as
clean and a attractive as "possiblei
Seed Corn,
Seed corn can be selected In, the
winter Of When, the corn is being
busked. A box should be placed near
the point of operation, and every per
fect' ear (selecting ouly the best)
should be thrown into It while husk
ing. It is possible that but few ears
may be selected from among a large
number,' but If care is used in select
ing, and the seed corn It put In a dry
place, it will be found next spring that
more grains will germinate and a
larger yield result.
Plot and Buttarmllk,
Buttermilk, provided no water Is
added, is practically of tho samo val
ue for feeding pigs as separator milk.
But h must be borne in mind that
buttermilk from factories almost al
ways has mixed with It a considerable
amount of added water, sometimes as
much as fifty percent, and, consequent
ly, by Itself Is not a suitable food for
pigs. Many Instances can be given of
great mortality among pigs fed solely
on buttermilk, practically from star
vation, because they were not able to
consume enough buttermilk plus water
to derive sufficient nutriment to sup
ply the demand of nature. But when
the deficiency in solids is made up by
adding meal, or even grass, roots or
other fodder, pigs are found to thrive
on tho buttermilk. R. T. Archer,
n tho Massachusetts Ploughman,
The Waste and Expenaet.
Talk to almost any good business
man and he will tell you that one of
the most Important points to be con
sidered In conducting a business of
any kind successfully Is to keep down
the expenses and wastes. That's Just
the thing that tho farmer wants to
look'lnto. There arc so many things
on the farm that this little piece of ad
vice could bo applied to that It would
take more than this page to tell of
them all. The manure pile on many
farms Is probably being drained of
tho equivalent of good hard cash every
day that It stands. Many a cow In the
stables of some dulry Is eating her al
lotment of food every day und return
ing only fifty or seventy-five percent
of its cost. Farmers should go around
and keep their eyes open and look Into
these matters and they would be
money in pocket. And making money
by merely keeping your eyes opened
and using a little thought comes much
easier than by hoeing corn or pota
toes. Weekly Witness.
Space In the Quarters.
Has It ever occurred to poultrymen
that it may be better to keep small
hens, If eggs are the object, than to
devote the space to birds'" of larger
breeds? The object of most' farmers
and others Is to keep as many hens
In a poultry house as possible and that
is where the majority of mistakes is
made. Judging from the weight and
size of the bird It requires a certain
portion of the roost upon which it can
comfortably rest. Two Brahma or
Cochin hens, weighing nine pounds
each (eighteen pounds for the pair),
will require fully as much room on
the roost-as three small hens weighing
six pounds each, and If the tables of
food equivalents and amounts to sus
tain life, according to live weights,
are correct the three hens will con
sume no more food than two large
ones. But tbey may do more, how
ever, as they can lay three eggs, while
only two can be secured from the large
bens. Here, then. Is a gain of forty
percent in eggs In favor of small
breeds because they cost no more than
the same weight of large fowls, but
being more numerous they conse
quently produce nore eggs.
Exercise for the Cows.
The best dairymen believe implicitly
In exercise for their cows, but tbey
also realize that they are delicate ani
mals and that to permit them to re
main out of doors long on a cold or
windy day during , the winter does
them more Injury than good. While
the feeding shed referred to In this de
partment is an Ideal place for exer
cise, it is not in the open air, so the
cows Jose the benefits of breathing
fresh air. An excellent way to ar
range a yard for exercise Is to build a
deep shed in the portion of the yard
where the wind Is less likely to enter
It Then, with boards or corn fodder,
erect wind-breaks all around the yard,
running them up six feet or more
high, Bee that the yard is well drained
and tbat it Is cleaned of the excrement
each day before the cows are permit
ted to enter It ... r
la order that the animals may be
more contented while la the yard, tup
ply them with Just enough roughage
so that each one of them can make a
good cud. Have the shed and the yard
large enough, so thai there will be no
crowding, hence no ' disposition to'
qucrreL With such a yard the ani
mals may be turned , out nearly every
day during the winter, provided some
care Is taken to remove the snow In
sections, where the snow fall Is heavy.
Do not permit the cows to remain out
too long. Err on the side of a short
time and dally rather than for several
hours two or three times weekly. In
tlanapollt News,
The Large Corn Crop. ".
tesplte the fact that the corn crop
Is very Inrtro, mnrkPt reports 1" " nto
t t it will But be sold it extremely
low prices as was feared some time
back, when It was seen the crop would
likely be heavy. The intelligent and
up-to-date farmer, with a heavy crop
of Al corn can makt it yield blm good
returns by selecting the best of the
crop and putting It on the market at
the highest rates quoted add using the
proceeds to buy other grains which
will give him lbs needed balanced ra
tion for hie stock. This Is departing
somewhat from the general plad Ot
feeding Whatever grain one has 111
abundance, but It Will pay Moreover
It will pay even to the pdint Of re
ducing the herd to just the number
that can be properly fed on well bal
anced rations. It Is not hard to use
tho col-n crop for feeding ro that the
value of the fhllk produced Is really
less than the value of the cofd arid th
manure, thus giving one a lot of har(
work apd no profit.
On the other hand, If one feeds Just
the number of cows he can feed ou a
balanced ration, disposing of both the
surplus cows and corn, he Is money
ahead at the end of the season. We
farmers aro much given to priding
ourselves on the number of animals
we own, regardless of whether we are
keeping them at a profit or at a loss,
and It Is such lack of calculation that
makes some men siy farming has
ceased to be a profitable business.
Think it over, friend. Indianapolis
News.
The Next Fruit Crop.
While there are as many as thirteen
natural elements that enter Into the
structure of about everything that
grows there are four that seem to be
more easily exhnustcd from the soli
than the rest These aro nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash and lltnoi
They naturally exist In soils In such
varying quantities that It Is often very
difficult to tell what is or not present
in abundance nnd in available forms.
In nio3t cases only the actual test o(
applications will tell us what Is need
ed. Hut we may be sure, that good
manuros wisely applied are almost
never amiss.
Nitrogen Is such a volatile and eas
ily exhausted inanuro and sometimes
an Injurious one, that It requires the
most careful and timely application
of nil. When tho trees ore pale In fol
iage and the growth Is feeble, It Is al
most a sure Indication that It Is not
present In the soli in sufficient quan
tity... But fruits are not so likely to
need It as the foliage crops. In case
they do need It there Is no form In
which It Is more economically applied
than ae nitrate of soda. Animal ref
use, such as dried blood also contains
it. Owing to the rapid solubility of
these materials spring is tho prefera
ble time to apply them to the soli.
Phosphoric acid plays an Important
part In the production of fruit as It
forms a considerable prop irtlon of the
seeds and also helps to give vigor to
the tree or vine. It should not be for
gotten that It Is found largely In ani
mal bones and from this we can get It
quite cheaply. Phosphate rock Is part
ly composed of fossil bonet. They
give the phosphoric acid up slowly
even jrhen well dissolved and this is
why we should apply early In the
spring or better yet In the fall. This
will allow time for the further decom
position In the soli and the chemical
changes to take place that are neces
sary before the roots can absorb the
fertility. Five hundred pounds per
aero is a gOJd application.
Potash is perhaps the most Impor
tant for fruits of all the manures. It
causes healthfulness and vigor of
tree or plant and makes the fruit rich
and highl colored. Wood ashes con
tains It but the proportions are usual
ly quite small. Muriate of potash
contains fully one-half of its weight
of available potash and sulphate of
potash about the same. Both are ex
cellent and cheap forms in which to
apply potash. The sooner either of
them are put hi or on the soli the
moro completely they will become pre
pared for the use of the coming fruit
crop. If it Is not possible to apply
them to the ground this fall do It early
In the spring. But above all be sure
"to Co it, for in most soils potash will
pay a good return. One hundred
pounds per acre annually is a fair ap
plication of either muriate or sulphate
of potash.
" Lime has ' a very beneficial effect,
aside from being a plant food In help
ing to dissolve the elements of fertil
ity in the soil naturally. This Is espe
cially true of heavy -day soils, and
where humus Is in excess it "sweet
ens" Jts acidity. About twenty-five
bushols of quick lime per acre Is suffi
cient for some three years. H. E.
Van Demait.
A Warning.
A Punxsutawney man had row with
his wife a couple of weeks ago with the
result that the woman departed and
went hence. Latt Friday night the
man was awakened by something' under
the bed which lifted the mattress from
Its foundation. The lamp, which had
been left burning, was extinguished.
Evidently it was ghosts. He lighted
the lamp, but It was quickly blown out
Then violent hands Were laid upon him
and he was thrown out of his domicile.
He aroused the neighbors and returned
to make an 'investigation, but he
would no sooner eriter the door, than,
he would be beaten np and ejected,
bruised and bleeding and filled with
lumps and despair. He Is satisfied
that he la the victim ot ghosts. Punx
sutawney Spirit Sv
, Modern Ways of Love. .
, There is, says' the Ladles' Pictorial,
ever-Increasing evidence that peop
no longer lose -their beads because
they have already lojt their hearts.
It Is only servant girls and grocers'
assistants and the heroines of penny
novelties who fall doKporately In love
and behave with eytra looll.ihness b
J cmiseqnenc,
1HE PULPIT;
A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON Y
PASTOR C. T. RUSStlL
Subject! Centra of tha Dlrlna Kevalallot
Is Jeisa Chrlat,
Providence, It, 1. Pastor C. T. Kits
Jell; of Allegheny,- Pa;, preached twice)
liere Sunday In Infantry Hall td targe
audiences. His evening discourse fdf'
lows:
The Blblo may be ssld to be a reve
lation of Jesus, who in turn Is a reve
lation of the Father. Its opening pages
tell us of the fall of the first human
son of God, Adam, point to the death
penalty upon lilm, nnd Indicate the
Deed of a Saviour and Redeemer; and,
more than this, lnferentlally promise
such a one as the seed of the woman
Who ultimately shall bruise the ser-
pent s head crtisli, subline all evil,
its Intermediate pages are prophecies
and types respecting Jeans and the
Work Ho would nceoirtpllnh as n He
flceiuev, find later as a deliverer of the
race. And further on it records Ills
birth. His ministries, Hi-, death, resur
rectlon, glorification, anil the massages
He gave to all who would become Ills
followers. Including His promise M
come ngain nnd rccelye them unto
Himself. The closing pngeB of the
Bible picture lu symbolical language
the cnrnpVtldrH.f -'jo "present hge, the
inauguration of the millennial age.
the work that it will accomplish, in
the blessing and uplifting of the tnl1
man family . id tli- ultimate purging
of the earth from all sin. Imperfection,
evil, when every voice In heaven nnd
earth shall be heard praising the Lord.
The teaching; of higher criticism are
very misleading on this subject. They
would have us consider that all mira
cles aro Impossible; that our Lord was
not born of a virgin, and by the direct
power of find; that He tvas born a
other men; that lie happened to be D
rather superior type of man; that He
never bad a pri'liunmn existence. The
Scriptures teach to the contrary of this
most explicitly, that "He left the glery
which He had with the Kather before
the world was;" that "He who was
rich for our fakes became poor," tak
ing a human form for n particular, spe
cific purpose "for the suffering of
dentil." tliat He might be our Redeem
er. (John xvll, 0; 11. Cor, vlll., 0 Heb.
II., 0).
The Inspired writers go further iMt
declare, "AM things were made by
lllm, nnd without Him was not one
thing made that was mailt';" The con
text tells us thnt He was in the begin
ning with the Father, and was the
Word, or mouthpiece, nnd personal rep
resentative of the Father in nil the
Work of (lie creation of all the remain
der of the works of (ind.
We should note In passing the con
sistency of the Scriptures in respect to
the supremacy of Jehovah Hod. from
first to last with one voice the Scrip
tures declare thnt there Is but one su
preme In the universe.
Mow comes tt then thnt the record
Is that Jesus, our Master, in His pre
human condition, was the logos, a (iod
with the God? Is tills testimony out
of accord with" the remainder of scrip
tural testimony? We answer, No! The
name Jehovah was never permitted to
any but the one, the father supreme;
but the title (iod, which in the Hebrew
Is Elohlni, and sometimes abbreviated
Kl, signifies n mighty one. and might
be applied to any mighty one in author
ity and power, Jchovali Himself being
superior to all Klnhlm.
An examination of the scriptural
ttses of the word Klolilin substantiates
the foregoing. We find, for Instance,
that it has not only been applied to the
father nnd to the special representa
tive and prime minister, the logos, the
Ron of Ooil manifest In the flesh, but
we And also thnt the word is used in
respect to angels when tbey directly
represented the Lord nt His special
messengers, they who are His mighty
ones. We Dud also that this title Elo
blm was used In respect to angels
when they directly represented the
Lord as Ills special messengers, they
who are His mighty ones. We find
also this title Elohlni was used In re
spect to the first eldert of Israel when
God recognized them as His represen
tatives In Judging their brethren.
It will be remembered thnt the Jews
were angry with our Lord Jesus, not
because He called Himself Jehovah or
intimated any usurpation of the Fath
er's place, honors or prerogatives, but
simply because He called Himfelf the
Son of God and referred to Jehovah
God as His Father. Ou one occasion
when they were about to stone Him
Jesus inquired why, and the answer
was that In culling Himself the Son of
God He was affecting to be superior to
them and to others of mankind, and
affecting a relationship with the great
Jebovab, which they termed blasphe
my, because they fa Id It was affecting
an equality with Jehovah; but our Lord
contradicted that thought and pointed
out to them that the claim to be the
Son of God was not to put Himself on
an equality with Jehovah, but tljat the
Scriptures fully sanctioned tuch a title
at the Son of God. -
The Jewt never claimed the title
Bom of God for themselves, nor would
it have been proper for them to have
done so. Mot until the great sacrifice
for tint was offered by the Redeemer
could the Father so Justify any mem
bers of the fallen race as to recelvo
them back into the close, the 'dear re
lationship represented by the word
Son, but, since the redemptive work of
Jesus, spiritual Israelites are termed
sons of God, at the Apostle declares,
"Now are we the sons of God, though
It doth not yet appear what we shall
be (how great bur glory and exaltation
In the resurrection change), but we
know that when He shall appear (our
Lord and Master, the only begotten
Son) we shall be like Him and tee
Him as He is." (I. John, ill.. 2). The
Scriptures clearly show tbat the fol
lower! of Christ were accepted of the
Father as sons when begotten of the
Spirit at Pentecost and tlnce. (John,
1,12-18).
r The - divine announcement ot our
Lord Jesus before Hit birth wat,
"Thou Shalt coll His name Jesus, He
shall be great nnd shall be called the
Son of the Highest; end the Lord God
shall give unto Him the throne of His
father David; end He shall reign over
the house of Jacob forever, and ot His
kingdom there shall be no end." In
explanation of tils miraculous birth
we rend, "The power of the highest
tlmtl overshadow thee (Mary); there
fore also that holy tnlug that sb.tll be
born of thee shall be called the Son of
God."' (Luke, t., 81-83). '
Here we hare the title, the Son of
Ood, officially applied to the man
Christ Jesus before Hit birth, and thlt
title He continually approved, laying;
"As the father hath tent Me, even to
send I yon." "I CJKt not Into the
world to do Mine own will, but the
will of Him that tent Me," "The
Kather worketh hitherto and (now) I
work." (John, ixx., 21; John. Ivs., 34,
v. 17).
Let in look back awl note the sn'ipt-
.. ,i .I..,..,,.- . ,,, , .-v r i ,
imttt Christ Jesus, mt the beginning
of the crctlllmi of God. These are our
Lord's own words mid sre In full-accord
with the f postle Paul's statement
that our Lord Is the Image of the invis
ible God, the Ant-born of every creat
ure (more literally, the first born ot
all creation), for by Him were nil
things crettei that are 'n henven nnd
that are In earth, visible nnd Invisible.
all things were created by Him.
and for Him, and He was before all
things end hy Him sll things consist
Our Lord Himself pointed out to ut
thnt It la the heavenly ' Fathcr'e will
that we should, honor the Son nt we
honor the father also that we should
recognize HIM as the Father'! repre
sentative, through whom He is workr
lng nil things according to tl. " counsel
of His own will. Th Apostle explains
to til 4hat although our Lord occupied
the chief fiosltion next to the Father
before He came into the world to be
our Itedoenier, yet He now occupies a
still higher position. He tells ns that
Ho was obedient to the father and
humbled Himself even unto death,
even the death of the cross.
- Although the reformers did vnllnllt
service In dispelling much of the gross
darkness nnd In lifting the true light
of God's Word, tbey evidently over
looked the fallacy celled the Trinity.
But we have In the Bible, the standard
miilinritv hv which tlie retonuers wve
irulded. and tt IS our duty H B us
our Di-ivilend to hear WhatJT Vird
God hath spoken upon this:
to -conform our faith thereto. The
Scriptures do indeed teach, as we have
seen, that there is nti Almighty One,
"The God and Father of our Ixrd
Jesus Christ." (Romans, xv., (I). They
do (lino teach that the only begotten
Son of Clod, highly exalted by the
Father. Is to be ruverenced even ns we
reverence the Father; also that the
Scriptures do tench that there Is a
Holy Spirit of God, which, proceeding
from the Father nnd from the Son, Is
also to be the Spirit of the sanctified
church.
But some one Inquires In astonish
ment: Is not the doctrine of the Trin
ity particularly set forth In the Bible?
We answer, No. Everything ns we
have shown Is to the contrary; the
word Trinity, trlultarinn, etc., is not to
be found, even In our common version
of the Bible, which was made by those
who held tills ns the scriptural posi
tion and who would hnve been glnrt to
thus translate any Hebrew or Greek
word it they had found any tuch .word
capable of such translation.
TIip few of our day who would stand
tip In defense of the unreasonable
proposition that we have three gods
equal In power and glory, and yet thnt
the three In come Incomprehensible
manner are one in person, would like
to use the one text of Scripture which
has defended this absurdity for centu
ries, but M ilieu all scholars now agree
with no part of the original writings,
but was added about the seventeenth
century, at the time when tills doctrine
of the Trinity, by persecution, had
forced itself into the place of full con
trol.
The passage referred to is omitted li:
tile revised Version of the Bible,
though all the members of the q
nilttec were professedly Ifjiltarin
their views. They weretiOO const-
tious to give further publicity to thn
which was recognized ns a fraudulent
Interpolation Intended to deceive and
to support the trlnltnrlnn view. The
words not In the original, added In the
seventh century not found In nny
Scriptures of earlier date than the sev
enth century; yon should note lu your
Testament by striking them out, name
ly, beginning with the words, "in heav
en, the Father, the Word and the Holy
Ghost, nnd these three are one. And
there are three that hear witness In
earth." If those fraudulent words be
stricken eut the passage "reads as It did
originally, with beautiful simplicity
nnd clearness, "There are three that
bear records, the Spirit, the water and
the blood, and these three agree lu
oile (testimony)."
The absurdity of the passage as it
stands In the common version can be
seen nt a glance. The Interpolation
would make the passage say that the
Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost
all three are one. and that they are
bearing record in heaven thnt Jesus Is
the Son of God. How unreasonable to
suppose that such a witnessing In
heaven should be necessary. Do not
the angels know that Jesus Is the Sou
of God? Why, then, the stntement
thnt the Father, the Son and the Holy
Ghost are witnessing In heaven that
Jesus Is the Son of God? Every Inter
polation, and we are glad that they nre
few, marks itself as an absurdity, and
cannot be harmonized with the in
spired portions of the Word. This Is a
further evidence to us that the Scrip
tures as given by God nre of divine in
spiration, and thnt nothing should be
added to them nor taken from them.
Evidently, however, it Is the duty of
every child of 3od to erase from hit
Bible any portion, tuch as this one,
tbat may be found to be an addition,
not the words ot the Inspired apostles.
This passage would not suggest to.
any reasonable mind that the Father
and the Son are one In person were It
not tbat this false doctrine has be
clouded Judgment on the subject
There sre more ways ot being one than
merely personally one. Our Lord's
words elsewhere explain Hit meaning
here. Praying to the Father for Hit
followers He said, after praying for
Hit apostles. "Neither pray I tor these
alone, bat for them also who will be
lieve on Me tbrongh their word, that
tbey til may be one at Thoit, Father,
art in Me and I in Thee, that they may
be one in us." (John xvll., 20-21).
Here It the tense ot onenett between
the Father and the Son, onenett of
spirit, oneness ot purpose not oneness
of person.
The Jury that recently tried Stnte
Senator Emmons tor bribery, at Sacra
- ento, Cul., tat tweuty-tlx Uhts. .
' MUSLIN AND QMlNADINBa.
silk mutlln or arenadlnes require
careful handling. They must b
wanhnd In a lather of tudt HUM with
a"
f
IS
.the best soap, and wm stand until
the heat has nearly gone. Shake the
mutlln about in it and then rinse In
clean cold water, wuejetlng tt it soft
towel; do not place m oot kHarCh, M
this will make the color run. As
wubttitute dissolve e, plnob ot gum
arabatlo In half ft cup of water and
add a few drops of white rinegnr.
Iron on the wrong side at once, tell
ing the material with Uttue piper,
and do not use too hot an iron. '-.
Silk ties and handkerchief t should
be washed by themselves, being first
aoaked in lukewarm water, then rins
ed, - soaped and washed In warm
water. Rinse again in cold water to
which has been adde; r attle lith
en sak.-wr ' - Ci ' :'-"" '
Wools, flannelt and ttocklngs
should never be put into cold water.
They must be washed first ot all in
warm suds, not soaped and dried as
qi,i ,!y jig possible. Stoc!;!i!i-s should
ho hung up by I o t i
; v-n'rsr J----'- -!.
HENRY'S FAUL.
"Your Ilnnry'a fractured, mothari
Upon itin gridiron sporty; I
Hit feet betwixt tho leal posta nf
At fourtwa ranla ha left an cat
A coiiai-Doue at iorty.
'A doctor now, with loving care
III rMrtllnirn la tnnlrlnff : t
Thev av ha v-ill nr ml Ha hla bun
And nrarlv all bin rlha art there.
Though scvtral bonca are lacking.
He holdn his Ihorsx with a groat
And Imyi It hurta a little ;
Ilia ivuii-lin. cav In awa.atrilr-fc tflflS.
They'd not have dona It had tbey WW i
That Henry was no brllllt.
'They y Hint llrnry didn't lack .
The tn'cnt nnd tho training;
At hnlf lie u-as a crackajack
You coiilJn't ninke a quarterback
of.whni iliere la remaining).
"Aln: h" lind th proper stuff,
Tlimivh t-ntl0 11 ,n,l alanrier !
And tlimieli hla fate la sumewhat rmifh
J la not hcf-nitap the irainp i
llut Henry ,1s too tender."
JU5T
TJitl tho
lot him.
could get him
Leader,
Mrs. Flyer Have
"Tho School for Huabi
Homer No; I've always bee,
at a teacher In one. Chicago
Ella Fred proposes every
5
sty
sees me. I wonder if ho thinks
change my mind. Edith Oh,
sure he doesn't. St. Louis Post
patch.
"There's fame and fortune waJ
for some young woman.'
one?" "The one who succeeds
making happy marriages a fad."H
troit Free Pres3.
Nell Jack proposed to me
night. Aren't you surprised? Be
Not at all. When I refused him
threatened to do something dea
ate. Philadelphia Record.
"Senator," asked the beautiful
"do you believe tn the transmlgrrf
of souls?" "Well, I really can't
as yet. is Roosevelt for it or age
It?" Chicago Record-Herald. , X
"Wo aro certainly going the p
"How so?" "I only packed my
suit away yesterday and' tod
Christmas numbers of the ms.
are out." Philadelphia Bullr
It may not bo possible
Ate biting and chewl
le of football, b
Her What a pity It it
cannot do the proposing
the men! Him What wou
result? Her Fower tngagemtV
more marriages, I imagtne.-
News.
Towne Ho says ho'H Bell hid
for a mere song. Browne Thi
right, but as soon as you start J
him a song he tells you yon,
got the right notes. Phtf
Fress. i
Mlao nattaaln T lltiriarafl"
you are ua guuu hb uiurrieu.
Roxley. Mr. Bachelor Just '
and even better. I'm not got
married to anybody. Phil
Ledger.
"tie seem 8 to be a methodic!
"He is. He saw his own deatn
which was put in a paper as
and he made, a memorandum
mind him to attend the fune
Louis Post-Dispatch. " '
"Have you seen Daublngtoa
d'oeuvre?" asked Mrs. Oil
"No," replied her hostess, "hasj
one? I thought Joslah said hd
care for any kind but bird dt
Chicago Record-Herald,
The heart tn his bosom was sti
As be begged for Just one little,
When be heard the word "U
He reached for a caress.
And she met blm bait-way
birred. -
Houston
Curious Person Does it
to run one of these things?
Automobile Well, on one oi
Ions it has cost me as high
minute. It depends on the tj
bappen to be running It in,
Tribune.
Long Joseph, 8even F.
Frederick the Great's
rick William, the creato
slan army whose specie
the collection of giant r
of the earth would have y
thine like a King's ranBom
Joseph." who has lust Jolne
Foot Guards at Potsdam, t
of twentv. with a weight
eighteen stone and a statin;
10 ln.-.tt ugly man, dec
meet in a bayonet melee.
William had whole reglm
colossi, known as the Ril
among the tallest of them
Klrkman. a Bcoto-Hlberntai
( Irishman, whose portrait n!
seen in me raises si to
One ot Frederick's first toV
was to disband this prepo
gade ot giants, which ha'
Prussian state about as v
the rest of Its army.
my. f"
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.. ,
A cbmpetont Jiuthorlt,
out of every thousand be
C50 do not see the en.
year. There are more t
volumes in i .the Imper!,
Paris, gathered In since f
century; yet of this li
logue 700,000 are out
fragments Of nil th
of Greece and Rn'
way down th"
wrltlngs of '
Moses, r
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