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PRESS.
VOLUME XXI.
FRANKLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 31, 1906.
.NUMBER 5.
THE FRANKLIN
COOKIN'
Wkea W mother's rnokln' things
Yon bet I never wait
To put away ray bill or gun
I drop 'em There they are an rua
For fear I'll be too late.
The most exciting kind o' fane,
Kr toy, er story book,
1 let 'em go, an' never mind, ' ,
The Terjr minute that 1 Bud
My mother's goln' to cook.
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It waa not. until my Aunt Susan bad
banged the door, and I itood solitary
In the hall of her modest dwelling,
that I realized that nevtr befcre dur
ing my varied bachelor's existence of
. thirty-five years had I spent a night
entirely alone In a house. Through
the half-open door of the parlor came
two sounds the flzi or hiss of the In
candescent light and the slow ticking
of my Aunt Susan's grandfather's
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vim-. Ana inese two sounas, one
fussy and capricious, the other solemn
and Infinitely regular, seemed each In
Its own war to bear some secret and
awe-lnsplrlng significance; seemed to
compel me to tnink or ail the otner
dark and deserted rooms In the little
house of the tiled kitchen, and the
coal cellar, and my aunt's large and
prim bedroom (just the sort of bed
room that an energetic widow with
pronounced views about Jam-making
and the catechism would Inhabit), and
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to sleep, and the extraordinary bath
room up in the attic. And It occurred
to me for the first time what a curi
ous, creepy, mysterious, Inexplicably
alive sort of thing a human house
really was.
Then I thought suddenly and boldly,
"What rot!" and went into the parlor
and sat down.
I had come to spend a couple of
flights under the austere roof of my
Aunt Susan, partly from a sense of
duty, partly from a genuine desire to
renew the sensations of my early
youth in the neighborhood where I
was born, and partly perhaps because
of the fact (notorious in the bar mes3)
that the principal hotel in the next
town, where the assizes were being
held, was a bad hotel. My aunt's cook
ing (she kept no servant, being poor)
Was plain, but Derfect. and she had
often suggested that I was too proud
to stay with her. So at last I came.
And she welcomed me sincerely in her
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full with rare Midland dishes that I
had not tasted for many years. To all
appearances we had little In com
monshe the widow of a small Job
bing builder, and I the successful bar
rister we certainly did not And much
to 'talk about. Nevertheless, the same
blood was in our veins; she admired
me; she was Intensely flattered by my
presence. I respected her, and I rather
liked, after years of London, years of
frock coats and late dinners and even
ing dress and clubs and theatres, to
be back again amid the social customs
of my obscure origin where one dined
at 12.30 and had high tea at six and a
snack of bread and cheese at nine and
removed one's boots in the parlor and
didn't converse unless one had some
thing to say. In fact, I enjoyed my
evening.
Ana then, at half nas
was me causer
. loucn-me-not
CtIy' complained of
"lousjot; but if any
ed, however dell-
ber an allowance, she
Junced him out of the
me.
f clock had quite finished
decided to go to bed.
has not slept alone in a
bt an ordinary house, will
it my reelings.; I waa afraid
-Interior of the house, and of
Snce and the emptiness and the
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"hen then was no sound, ahd
Jatlons Ilk caterpillars glld
I my spine. However, being
h determined and a success
. ster. t rose from my chair,
I up my briefs, extinguished
in the parlor, went out ' shut
jit, bolted the front door lit a
extinguished the gas lA the
climbed th stairs (ugM v the
ws), entered my bedroom, shut
ledroom door, and retired Ao rest
ilways read by briefs In b), when
circuit, and I tried to rekd theni
a. But my eyes wanderedover trt
, struggling vainly for t tenia,
its thinking all tbs tlmsfof all (he
romps la the lltfla Bouse, ind
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THINGS.
When by mother's rookli' thmga& .
l"r'apa It'a plea to bake,
Kr doui hnut bobbin' up an' down
In bollfn' grease till they are brown.
Kr p'r'ap It'a Johnny cake
Whatever kind It la
I alwaya llirei to hook
The biggest piece of dough I ran
An' bake It In a patty pan,
When ma and mother cook.
Harper's Hagailne.
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of burglars, ghosts, strange appari
tions and sudden deaths In short, I
went through the usual experiences.
I thought I could hear something
creeping about In the bathroom over
head, and then I thought I could hear
the clock ticking. And I whispered,
"Suppose . . ." (Suppose what? I
couldn't tell you). At length I drop
ped the briefs and blew out the can
dle, and resolved not to be a silly ass,
but to go to sleep. The next house
was scarcely fifty yards off, and two
respectably large towns were within
a mile on east and west
I really believe I was succeeding.
when my sensitive ear caught the vi
bration of a dreadful thud thud be
neath the floor. It was the clock
staking eleven, merely that. I could
not hear the ring of the gong, but the
heavy impact of the hammer on the
metal affected all my body. "That
confounded machine will wake me up
every hour," I reflected. "I must stop
It" And lighting the candle again, I
the clock, which was ticking as calm
ly and leisurely as though nothing had
happened. Instead of stopping it, I
merely detached the right hand weight
(and a mighty piece of lead It was!)
so that the clock would continue to
show the time without striking. I
tried to de,xBlt the weight In fhe bot
tom of the case, but there was an ob
struction, a box or something and so
I laid It on the floor against the skirt
ing, behind my aunt's hassock. I said
I would get up early and replace it be
fore her arrival. Then I went to bed
again, a little reassured by my brav
ery, and essayed to sleep.
But I could not sleen. At least i
could only dole, unpleasantly. And
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iniLor huuui a ceniurv and
nam tne doze was merrlnr In
sleep, I was Jerked Into a nerfWt
excruciating wakefulness by a
distinct knock knock knock
way off. I did the natural
pulled the clothes over mv ear
heart was beating like an engine)
1 could still hear the knook k
knock. I was determined to
notice. "No power, earthly
earthly," I said, "shall draw
side this room again." But
still hear the knock knock 1
"The front door! My au
ed!" This Idea seized me
as in a vice, and then I kn
Bhould be compelled rise
tne rront door.
And, having donned som
did go to the front doo
knocking went on with
ity as I descended the stal
the candle on the hall
opened the front door w
age worthy of a ban-lute
liceman and a young w
the
ed with
e's In a
e pollce-
er fome
g he had
'nt he had
Into the
tely, and I
taking the
osed, leaving
ed ber to Bink
chair, that the
y pretty young
dressed. She
'yes.
I exclaimed.
a pretty young
enormously, and
I felt that my
fearsome, had be-
strange.
hey often keep the
t case." It was the
o spoke, or rather
words In a charming
agreed.
ough, the obstruction
evlously discovered in
the clock case proved
spirit cabinet. I lifted
and some water," I
into the kitchen.
turned to the parlor the
g. woman . bad vanished
she be Insane? I won
searched the house, but
opened the front door and
and down the street, but
no sign of her. Presently
- .
heavy
tread on the opposite side
of the dark road indicated a police
man. "Where's that girl you brought
in Just nowr I cried in the night.
"What girl?" cams the reply. Then
a pausj.' Then: "Better go to bed,
sir." The mystifying affair occupied
all my thoughts for the remainder of
the night, and I had no sleep what
ever. . I was thirty-flve and staid, and
not too fanciful; but the young woman
was really so very pretty, and the cir
cumstances of her appearance and dis
appearance were so i romantic that
. . . well!1;;. . u-y ; : .;-: ';..-'
I; told my aunt the next morning,
told her before; she had even been able
to get In a word about the baby.
She jumped up and opened the clock
case.;..
"Gracious powers above!" she cried.
"It's gone."
' Whereupon she swooned all In a
heap on the floor.
"What's gone?'
had restored her.
t asked, when I
.The weight!"
"Not In the least," I said. The
weight- Is here," and t produced It
from behind the hassock.
Bhs took the heavy thing, feverishly
from my hand, pulled out a. plug from
tb under side, and draw forth froa
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the cavity baiuraoies t the tuna oi
mora than a thousand, pounds; and
then she wept gently la ber Joy and
relief.
"You wicked aunt,"
aid. "iou ra
a perfect miser!"
Bbe was In fact a
ser, my Aunt
Susan; and her povei
waa simply a
legend of her own !
ntlon!
inquiries proved tl
the first police
man was a sham pollfeman. My won
derful episode was Jtilt a rather novel
experiment In burglal
expert thieves who lid pried out Aunl
Susan's secret andsone to work In
an original manne
On discovering absence of the
weight the oung tdman, already dis
concerted by my inexpected presence,
must have fled, have felt sorry ever
since that she wU so pretty; it seem
ed a shame. AM at every assize I
tremble lest sheand her sham police
man should turn up in the dock one
fine morning.
My aunt still sturdily survives. I
have made herf will for her. The bank'
notes are to go to the Infant of my
aunt's niece by marriage, and I am
trustee and executor. Block and
White.
RESCUED BY A DOO.
Two GlrU Were Saved From Injury
By Their Pet
RecentJy one afternoon a crowd of
people, standing on the west side of
the stain) bridge on Main street.
were much Interested to see the ef
forts, whlc hwere finally successful,
of two children to recover a dog that
in Bonie way had fallen from the re
taining wall on the south side Into
the (try I bed of the rivet.
Th children were two little girls
and the dog was of a fairly large
species. The girls had been looking
for the dog for some time and were
about to come to the sad conclusion
that they had lost the animal when
they heard from the rear yards of the
tenement buildings on the bank of the
river a dog's bark that sounded fam
lllnr to them. On going to the place
whence the sound of the barking came
they saw their dog In the bed of the
river, standing on dry land and una
ble to get out of its position.
The dog saw Its two young friends
and recognized hem, showing its re
cognition by a Joyous bark and re
newed efforts to Jump up on the re
taining wall. The children were for
a moment at a loss what to do to get
their rfoj out oi its predicament Tin
ally they decided on a plan, and it
was the carrying out of this plan that
particularly Interested the Increasing
crowd of spectators. One of the chil
dren, the younger of the two, Jumped
from the top of the wall Into the dry
bed of the river, having first satisfied
herself that she would not sink In the
soft earth. The dog, which had stop
ped ita futile Jumping, greeted its
young rescuer wlthevery manifesta
tion of Joy. The girl took the dog and
assisted It to climb up the retaining
wall. The animal's weight waa ap
parently too much for the girl, and it
seemingly was aware of this fact. It
made the girl's task of rescue as easy
as possible by assisting her In every
way suggested by its instinct. In a
few moments the dog was secure on
the top of the wail.
But now the question arose, How
was the girl to be taken from the bed'
of the river? In the solution of this
question the rescued became the
rescuer. The girl found a crevice In
the side of the wall which afforded
her a resting place for the toe of one
of her shoes. Having secured this
footing Bhe leaped upward and waa
caught by the band of the older girl
on the bank. It was evldent'to the
spectators that the older girl was un
able to retain her hold of the younger
and that the latter was in Imminent
danger of falling backward and drag
ging the other with her into the river.
It was at this Juncture that the canine
showed Its helpful gratitude. Some of
the spectators had run around to
Wells street to help the girls. The
dog went forward as far as possible
and seized hold of the sleeve of the
girl's waist by ita teeth and pulled
backward. It was a remarkable In
stance of canine Instinct. The as
sistance rendered by the animal was
Just enough to enable the older girl
to pull the younger one on the bank.
The spectators, among whom were
Beveral prominent ministers, business
men and members of the city govern
ment, applauded the Instinct of the
dog while rejoicing in the safety of
the girls. Hartford Times.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Receipts of Paris theatres and mu
sic balls, taxed by the municipality for
the poor, last year amounted to $8,
005,100. The tax Is' 10 percent.
The London Zoo is the first Europ
pean Institution to possess a living
specimen of the huge South American
spider, which catches animals aa big
as humming birds.
Among the Influences tending to de
lay and opose the Introduction of pow
er plants for manufacturing purpose's
In China la said to be the "fung shey,"
or doctrine of the "wind spirit," which
Is believed to bring good luck. Smoke
stcks and tall buildings, it is thought,
would interfere with this aerial friend
of man, and bring bad luck to the per
sons responsible for the disturbance.
French ships are usually named af
ter French provinces or towns, vic
tories. Ideas or sentiments, . but no
French names, excepting those of the
greatest men In their history are
made use of. German ships bear the
names of German rivers, porta, poets,
states and characters In German lit
erature, while Spanish ships are al
most lnvalably named after cities or
great commanders.
The Dutch have a decided dislike
for lazy people and have invented a
way of curing men so inclined.; If a
man Is found who Is too lazy to work
and too poor to afford to live a life
of ease they put him In a large cistern
and turn on the water. There is a
pump in the cistern and if the man
works the prtmp rapidly he can just
keep ahead of the water and save him
self from drowning. It is saJd that
the average loafer ndi but obi does
of ls cure. ! ,
Heavy Feeders.
It is sometimes used as an objection
against hens of some flocks that they
are heavy feeders, thus adding too
much to the cost Before a decision
Is made the poultryman should com
pare the cost of the food with the re
sults obtained from the hens. A hea
must conBiime a certain amount it
food, In order to produce a large num
ber of eggs. The eggs are simply the
food converted Into something of dif
ferent shape and composition. It Is
of no particular advantage, when one
Is raising fowls for eggs and market,
to keep only small hens. It Is true
that they lay as well, without consum
ing as much food, but they will not
bring as high price when they ato
marketed.
Meat That Is Wasted.
A large quantity of excellent meat
suitable for poultry Is wasted In the
country every year. Old horses that
are as suitable as ordinary beef for
poultry. More money can be realized
from a useless horse by taking off bis
hide, feeding the meat, and using the
bones for fertilizer, than by any other
mode of disposing of it. Any kind of
meat will answer for poultry. In
Texas, rabblls are used because they
are plentiful. Horses are converted
Into "ground meat" and sold In that
form. They can be used to better ad
vantage when the meat is fresh. A
bone cutter will reduce both bones
and meat to a fineness suitable for
poultry, and Increasa the number of
eggs. In winter, such meat will keep
for a long time. It pays better to
use horses for a large flock than to
buy grain, as the extra number of
eggs secured will more than return
the cost of the meat Met will In
duce the hens to lay when other foods
fall. Give more meat, but avoid that
which Is very fat. Farmers' Homo
Journal.
Marking Poultry.
Punches t r marking poultry have
been in use only a few years, but
have become very popular, and w.in
good reason. The great object of be
ing able to identify your birds at n
glance can in no other way bo so read
ily attained.
Breeders of first-class stock have
In their yards, among many good birds
a few superior fowls, which they mate
for their best breeders. So far sepa
rateness is easily attained, and by
marking the eggs from this pen we are
able to identify them. But once set
and hatched, how can one ball of fluff
be recognized from another? the cue
is lost, and our former care goes for
nothing. However, by taking a little
pains to mark the chicks from the
marked eggs by a string about the leg.
or something that will last till the
chicks are fairly on their feet, and
then using the punches, we have oh
talned an Indelible mark which will
always serve for recognition.
After the chicks are grown to ma
turity the marks may be enlarged by
the second size of punches, and then,
If the fowls are by nny mischance lost
or Btolen, can be readily Identified by
iny one. whether a poultry fancier or
not Farmer's Homo Journal.
The Knack of Budding.
The chief requisites. In budding
either fruit or ornamental trees, are
proper budding wood and suitable
stocks. Fairly well ripened buds
should certainly be obtained. Sepa
rated from the twig on which they
are growing, these, if rightly planted
on the stock, will then readily unite
and become a part of it. Shield bud
ding Is the commonest type known.
It is so named because the form of
the buds resembles a shield. The
stocks on which to use them Bhould
have been planted In the spring, and
as a rule, consist of seedlings. Taken
from wood of the current year's
growth, at any time In July, August
or September, depending on the local
ity, they should be Inserted under
neath the bark of the stock near the
ground; it must be done, remember,
before the season is so late that the
bark cannot be easily separated from
the wood. All that is required Is to
make a longitudinal slit in the bark,
followed at the upper end of It by a
cross Incision. This will result In a
T-sbaped cut. The corners of he
bark can then be raised and the bud,
smoothly sliced from scion with a
very little of the scion adhering. In
serted. It should be bound in place
with woolen yarn. Without any wax
being used, it will thus unite, although
It remains dormant during the winter.
The next spring, If found In a? healthy
condition, the stock should be cut off
Just above the bud, which will soon
cause it to become at one shoot Edi
tor of The Bpltomlst
Hony-Bc Keeping.
- A person cannot be an up-to-date
see keeper and work without the mov
able comb hives. Only by using these
can the master of the bees be master
of the situation.
Always, under the old arrangement,
the bee motbi for example, 1 ;ipt to
continue to be a terror. With mova
ble comb hives this moth amounts to
but little, though it has to be looked
after. The great point about the im
proved hive is that It places every
item within reach. V-, ; i "'.;"
The common black honey bee ia
much more easily ' depredated upon
than la the Italian, and though the
moth is the worst of the Insects from
which It suffers, It is' not the only one.
The keeper has to be on the outlook
to be sure of what he Is doing. .
'The bee moth he should know; If
not by sight, maybe, at least, from an
acquaintance with the literature on
be subject ;': "- ;
' The egga of-the bee moth ought to
be recognised readily by those who
have reason to suppose .that the Insect
If en hand to be dealt with. Tney
are white, globular and very small.
Ths female has what has been ra-
ferred to as a spy-glass-IIke oviposi
tor, and so she is able to put eggs In
all sorts of crevices about the hive.
Thus the combs get reached, and soon
the eggs hatch. Then the caterplu
lars, gray and dlrty-looklng, and with
a brown head, seek the aomb. This
furnishes food, and as they feed on It
they throw around themselves the pro
tection of a silken tube.
When this state of case exists In the
old sort of bee hive there is a difficult
problem on hand. The bees ought
then to be taken from the old hive to
a new one, so that the old one may be
promptly and thoroughly purified.
Get Italian bees. They are seldom
attacked In this way.
Bees can be driven as required by
using the smoker.
See to it that every hive has a vig
orous queen and Is strong. If neces
sary in order to do this make one
strong hive of two weak ones.
Feeding Winter Pigs.
There was lately a request for t
statement of methods of feeding hay
to pigs in winter, the Inquirer stating
that his pigs and hogs would nqt eat
the hay, only the meal and chop sprln
kled upon it It appears that he fed
the hay In its natural state. Just as It
came from the mow, only having some
ground grain mixed with It. Pigs
never eat it well that way. They will,
It is true, eat a few leaves and heads
but not the stalks or coarser parts. It
Is practically wasted when so fed. We
have fed considerable clover In the
last ten years, and know if properly
prepared there Is little waste. We
either cut It Into short lengths of an
ordinary cutting box or buy the cut
clover hay that is put up and sold so
largely to poultry men, scald It with
bdillng water after it has been mixed
with ground grain, etc., let It cool suf
ficiently, and feed all the pigs will eat
up clean. Once a day is often enough
to feed the hay ration. In this mash
or slop is the proper way to feed the
ground bone, animal meal, charcoal
and condiments or. stoek foods that
are given. The scalding or steftHl!!;
is the essential part of malting the
palatable to the pigs. If there is a
feed cooker, boiler or other means of
cooking the hay over night or from
morning until evening, so much the
better. The softer and greener the
hay Is cooked the better the pigs will
relish it.
For green food beets and apples are
our main crop. A large quantity of
food can be grown on a small piece of
ground, if rich, and planted to sugar
beets or mangels. If a small patch of
newly cleared land Is available many
turnips can be grown. These we gen
erally boil until soft, and mash and
mix with ground grnin. Apples are
slvpn in the natural state. I have
frequently put fattening hogs In fair
order on a ration of grass and apples,
with a little skim milk and buttermilk.
These things are beneficial beyond
their nutrient content, in that they aid
digestion and assimilation In a won
derful degree. This Is the chief bene
fit derived from the use of stock foods.
They help keep the animal in shape to
get the benefit from the food given.
It Is very important that growing
pigs and breeding bows should have
sufficient bone and muscle forming
food given to supply the needB of the
animal. When the ground is covered
with a foot of snow for two or three
months at n time the pig and the
brood sow have a hard time of it to
get a balanced ration, unless supplied
by the feeder. The benefits derived
from a liberal use of bone and animal
meal can hardly be overestimated. It
insures a good growth of bone and
muscle in pigs and a srrong, healthy
litter of pigs from each brood sow in
the spring. It Is much better and
cheaper to feed muscle and bone mak
ing material in this way than In the
slower and more expensive way of us
ing grain. The EpKomlst.
The Grand Canon.
"An artist who loved the widerness
brought his bride to the bead of the
Bright Angel trail. It was night
when they came to their Journey's end
and the man persuaded the woman
not to look upon the grand canon un
til morning. When the sun was high,
he blindfolded her and led her out
of the log hotel that stood upon the
brink of the precipice to a point of
rock that overhangs the abyss. For
two days and nights they had been
riding through the desert, flat and
gray, with blue mountains flicking In
and out of the horizon, with a few
Jarring crevasses and buttes and
bluffs to emphasize the tranquility of
the scene. The desert, with Ita som
bre serenity, had charmed her soul
and. toft It in a fine 'repose. As she
stood bUndfolded, ahe could think ol
nothing but the great level stretches
of sand and sage and cactus. , The
man had told the woman little of the
canon, and when he took the bandage
from her eyes he held her very tight-,
ly as she looked out across the miles
and miles of tumult of form and riot
of color that seemed to swirl thous
ands of feet below her and around
her. As from the clouds she looked
down into an illimitable, red-tinged
ash-colored hell, abandoned and turn
ed to atone, eons and eons ago. She
stared amazed at the awful thing tot
a long minute, and then, aa the teart
of Inexplicable emotion dimmed her
eyes, she turned and cried vehement
ly at her Artist hasband:
"It yow ever try to paint that, I'll
leave you!" William Allen White, in
McClure'a. . ..."
- Spanish Immigrants In Cuba.
Nearly 10,000 Spanish immigrants
entered Cuba during the first three
months of the present year. The Cu
ban consuls in Spain are instructed to
act as immigration agents and to set
forth the opportunities for Independ.
ence and wealth In the Island repu
lie Havana Poit -
1HEPULPIT.
k SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY
THE REV. EDWARD NILES.
SaMeeti Gedllncas la Form.
Brooklyn, N. T. The Eev. Edward
Kiles preached at the White Church
Sunday evening from II Timothy 111:5:
"Holding a form of godliness, but hav
ing denied the power thereof." He
said:.
That "distance lends enchantment
to the view" is true of time as well
as space. The older we grow, fhe
more Immaculate appear the imagined
days of youth. Christian believers are
purer in our eyes In proportion to the
number of centuries that Intervene.
Within the covers of every volume of
sermons, whether written in one age
or another, are the well-nigh certain
Jeremiads over "these time of extreme
worldllness, unequaled love of money,
peculiar Indifference to spiritual
things," followed by laudations of
the apostolic age as the golden era of
Christianity.
A reconstruction of conditions exist
ing In those New Testament churches
from materials afforded us in the
epistles, warrant no such assumption.
Heresies then were rampant, incon
sistent lives numerous, backsliders
distressingly frequent. The things of
sense maoe cogent appenl. The husks
of the gospel often satisfied to the dis
regard of its kernel. Paul's descrip
tion of "tho last days" was based upon
facts about him. As be penned the
sentence of our text, ho probably bad
In mind fellow communicants who
held the form of godliness, but denied
the power thereof.
Since then outward changes have
been many, kingdoms have come and
gone, languages have died and been
born, church order and ritual been met
amorphosed. Human nature is un
affected byme or clime. So the New
Testament Wnot a graveyard, with
epitaphs of only antiquarian Interest,
but is photoguiphlc of contemporary
heart throbs.
In our BoroiiRh of Brooklyn are 156.
070 people holding to the Trotestant
form of godliness While statistics
are unable to lisure out how uinp.v
bold to the Protestant power thereof.
If form and power were Identical, not
one of (he buildings where divine wor
ship is being held to-night would have
a vacant sent and every theatre and
hall would bi utilized for overflow
meetings.
The original of "deny" has as Its
root meaning "not to seek." "Hold
ing a form of godliness, they have not
sought for its power." The world has
much to eay about hypocrites. 1 Be
lieve the outcry against them Is out
of all proportion to their numbers.
rr-h lii.nnnl.lfA tnjl.r Id M
rarotTrTt" ; bai'emnde frequent hunts
or him. Despite "tuemoVt-lMigent
search, I have seldom found him". -..
The number of those called hypO:
crltes. who would rightly be catalogued
as formalists, is legion. They are not
striving to deceive others. They suc
ceed in their striving to deceive them
selves. Satisfied with the appurte
nances, the trappings of godliness,
they, inquire no further. Attendants
upon the services of the church, mem-
bers of it,, supporters of Its outward ac
tivities, they fancy themselves to De
godly. Branded as Christians, they
but feebly apprehend what disrepute
they bring upon the name by their In
feriority to tho rosl article. Their
gullibility is wrongly taken for hy
pocrisy. They submit to the drudgery
of religion to pacify troublesome con
sciences and impose upon themselves.
An Important reason for so many
lapses from church membership Is be
cause so many become dissatisfied with
a form, yet fall to seek the reality, so
give up all.
Almost every one in this congrega
tion has a form of godliness. You look
good. I find little to criticise In what
yon do. for there Is so'llttle you do on
which to base a criticism. The trouble
lies lu what you do not. You may
have called me here to predlgest your
spiritual food, to relieve you from
first-hand study of the Bible, to rep
resent your church not only in classis
but In the tenement, to be your proxy
In heart to heart work for souls, your
substitute when the battle is on be
tween good and evil, while you go
your business and household ways dur
ing the week and on Sunday enjoy
your cushioned pews, criticise the ser
mon and singing.
The Lord r.sver called me to any like
task. If there has been any such tacit
agreement I now repudiate It I am
called of God to point out the forms
of godliness as means of obtaining its
power.
The imperative needs of our Invent
ive age have almost bodily transferred
to our language too Greek here ren
dered "power," in the word dynamo.
I believe In forms. Just as the railroad
engineer believes in the third rail, as
he believes in the elevated structure (in
the Williamsburg Bridge. But the
mass of iron is a senseless eyesore un
til it Is connected with the main line.
Even then It Is useless until related
to the power house, until the power,
the fire-fed dynamo, sends forth the
electric current, enabling the cars to
carry thousands of wage-earners to and
from their plac.es of everyday toll.
What private- concern would be so In
ane as to sink tAr two years such a
wealth of money 'in an enterprise for
accumulating rust? '
The forms of religion are essential as
preliminaries to the accessories of
power. Churches,', ministers. Bibles
were instituted and have been perpet
uated because divinely ordained and
humanly tested to be good for making
the kingdom of heaven - "go" upon
earth. In themselves, tbey have .no
value. The power of godliness gener
ated in Christian lives must electrify
them or they are encumbrances.
Yon are commissioned to lead others
to Christ Your commission elves von
"power to act." Are you availing your
self of that privilege? I find no verse
in the Scripture which reads '-'Be good
and you will be a Christian." I find
reiterated, over and over, "Do good."
Christianity is not colorlessness. It
has no minus sign.- It is ever positive.
A negative being is peculiarly abhor
rent to Him wbote biography la epi
tomised by "He went about doing
good." "I would thott wort either
cold or hot" is His message to suci'
torpid professors, "Because thou ar
lukewarm, I will spew thee out of
My mouth.". Better the mistakes, be:
ter even the slus that com from activ
ity than the flabby absence of either
good or bad. True religion consists
not in outward observances, but in in
ward graces; not in semblance, but in
reality. Because God is a living God,
He has no satisfaction in half-alive
saints. We must not only serve Him
In this life; we must lto live in His
service. The arc lamp unconnected
with the Dynamo is -in ths way. Your
presence in the church is in the way
of others, unless the dynamo of power
within you is at work and your light
lsslilnlng.
A man nwy cry' f'Church! Church!" at
every word
Witg a more piety tban ether penp's,
A daw's not reckoned a religious bird
Because it keepa a-cawing iroin a steeple.
Forms are by no means confined to
liturgical churches. A printed prayer
is less formal than one which differs
in phraseology each time it Is uttered,
if the first come from the heart and the
latter from the head. Some one thus
confesses and questions and deduces:
I often say my prayars.
But do I ever pray?
And do the wishes of my heart
Go with the words I say?
Words without the heart
The Lord will never hear.
Nor will He to those lips attend
Whose prayers an not sincere.
Spiritual forces are all about us, per
vasive as the subtle element we call
electricity. The power of godliness Is
the concentration of this euergy with
in ourselves, to as to make it radiant
for good to others. We are lu good
form. We have taken Christ to bo
our Prophet and listen to His teach
ings. We recognize Him as our priest
accepting the atonement He offers. Is
He our King Whom we obey, In Whose
strength we go out to fight fearlessly!
Because hypocrites exist Is no reason
why you should be a coward. Let US
not hesitate to say what we mean.
Let us determine to mean what we say.
A form of godliness may speak
words of sympathy to mourners, of
warning to evil doers, of hope to af
flicted ones. But the power is not
there. It is "voice, voice; nothing
more." Although ministering " to' the
self-complacency of tho speaker, it
ministers to no one else. The form of
godliness lacks substance. The fllmsl
ness Is revealed when Its wearer needs
sustaining power. It Is no rod and
staff to comfort when the valley of
the shadow of death Is to be trod.
It bas no light to shed when a man
comes to the forks of the road and
knows not which way to take. It may
fool him for a while here. Its bollow
ness is apparent on his first arrival in
the world that knows no shams.
The power of godliness Is profitable,
both for the life thnt now Is and for
that which is to come. Its possessor
has "the tongue of tho taught that he
may sustain wild woras mm ruui is
weary," may "reprove, rebuke, exhort,
correct" A man Is behind the voice
and Christ Is behind the man. In
times of trouble, it supports unfailing
ly. When the lious9 is darkened and
the friends make their pltii'ul attempts
to condole, tlioy are anticipated by the
Gol of all comforts.
He whose form of godliness Is val
idated by Its power, with miblnnched
cheek, with firm confidence, faces each
crisis of life, the supreme crisis of
death, knowing Whom he has believed,
persuaded that He is able to keep
what Is committed to Him throughout
eternity.
A Clear Call.
"It Is very nobje and lovely of you,
Elsie, to give so much of your time
to that work among the tenement
house children. I'm sure I admire you
for It; but for my part, I never had
any call to that kind of work."
"Any calif Elsie's eyes were
gravely questioning.
'.'Yee, of course. I suppose you felt
called to go into it didn't you?"
"I ddP't know. I don't think I ever
fr.ninrhtn tr-tastin that way. I saw
the need of somethTn4-bft4"iiatt';d
sitrength to do that was all. bUL
wouldnt thnt be coll enough.'
Would it not Indeed? What plainer
call can there be than a need that we
can meet? What more eloquent ap
peal than the cry of the hungry little
ones around us for bread that we can
give?
There are not many loud and start
ling "calls" to any form of service,
but God has uumlstakable wnys of
making His will known to every one
whose own will is to know It Wo
have but to keep our ears open to hear
His voice, our eyes f see His beck
oning. Every opportunity is a call;
every outstretched baud that ours
can meet helpfully is God's beckoning
hand to us."
To most of us no other call will ever
come than that which comes through
human lips, no other than the reveal
ins of a vacant place which we may
fill, a nped for work which we can do.
If we wait in Idleness for some
other vocation than comes to us in
these ways, we are but losing time,
and the world U losing our service.
Let us Instead find in "the duty that
lies nearest" our present, definite call,
sure that when we are wanted for
another work tlint too will ba shown
us. Opportunity that Is God's clear
call to us Young Feople.
ItECEIPES.
College Spongo Cake. Beat until
very liglit Ave efrgs. the yolks and
whltoi separately. To tlhe yolks add
the sugar and lemon, sift In carefully
one cupful of bread flour and beat
for five minute?. Then put In the
white. Bake In a well-greased and
flowered angel cake pan in a moder
ate oven. The cake ! done when it
sbr'nks frevn the sides of the pan.
Maraschino Parfalt Beat to a stiff
froth the whites of four eggs and
pour Into them a sirup made of one
and one half cupfuls of sugar bolleU
"to a bread" with one half cupful ol
water. Beat f fa mixture for five
mlnrtes, then set away to cool. "Wblp
till atlff four cupfuls of thick cream
and Md tort? the egg mixture, re
rorvlrs on cupful. Add to this one
cupful of chopped cherries and put i
to mold; puck in ice and allow it
to remain for several hours. , Serve
with the whipped cream reserved.
Egg Bouillon Boll three table
spoonfuls of pearl tapioca in two
quarts of bou'llon until k Is creamy.
Place raw egga (one for every two
persons) in the bottom of the soup
tureetN pour In the hot oupf then
beat with a fork to a froth. -
Cabinet Cream Dissolve one-third
cf a box of gntatlne In one half, of a
cupful of water j! add to It a te
spoonful of vanilla. Have ready two
cupfi'U of creim with one halt cup
ful of sugar ctlrred in, then add the
gslat'.re. When thn cream mixture
begins to stiffen add one third of
cupful of chopped almond?, then pour
Into mould and allow them to stand on
ice until needed. -v, "
Peanut Canapes Cut atnle bread
!sto thin, alios nai ' af.read thickly
with butter, then place in the oveft
to brown. Make a pasto of finely
chopped peanuts mixed with mayon
ntrbo and' spreid over T the slices.
Rab ti yolk "of a hard-boiled SJ
t trough a slsvs over each, and serve
1 crfcip, cur)' lettuce .!eaves.
Meney Forty-four Years Old,
A Brvnswtek, Maine, man has a
small glass case full of honey which
he has preserved tor forty-four year,
and It appeacs to be as good now at
when ( was fli-st made. The package,
which originally weighed Ave pounds,
now "weighs three and one-qnarter
pounds, fhe shrinkage being due to
evaporation. ....
AN OPTIMIST.
Although I hey of ton rauso me grief,
My wanta u nmt Istled :
I anmptltnea view tuera with relief
And even point with pride.
When bulla and Ix-ara are wildly tossed
And rumors Htrange confuse,
muiirn abnut no fortune lost
1 bare no wealth to lose.
Though WRgona moved by gasoline
May sadly malm and Bear.
I view them with a mind aerene,
I hare no motor car.
We read of drownings swift and sad,
With Hympathetlc Hhock :
I'm fiometlmrg genuinely glad
I hare no beat to rock.
And ho thin life lp nevor glum,
I bnuinh all dlntrcus ;
Deriving ttntlRfartlon from
The things 1 don't possess.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
JUST for FU
He My motto iar er give up."
She Yes; I've freVwly noticed it
in a crowded street car. Philadelphia
Kecoi d.
Yeast Did he fall to make a success
of business? Crimsonbeak Yes, I be
lieve that is why he failed. Yonkcrs
Statesman.
First Director I wish they'd Inves
tigate this company. Second DlrectMr
Why? First Director I'd like to dud
out somethln,", about it. Puck.
"What," asked Miss Elderlelgh, "did
papa say when you asked him for me?''
"He didn't say anything. He fell on'
my neck anil wept." Cliirago Record
Herald. Pa Twaddles Tommy, I wasn't such
a big fool whon 1 was your age. Tommy
Twaddles But you've growed a bis
lot since then, ain't you, pa? Clove
land Leader.
"N'o man," said the fMiow who
(iwole.-t. "can rcrve two masters." ''And
yet," answered ihe observer, "we have
men who commit bigamy." St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
"You say tiiitt public official had
nothing to say?" said the editor. "Yea,"
anHwered t lie self-confident reporter.
"But he talked three-quarters of an
hour before I discovered it."
Walter How did you order your
beef, sir? GrufTlelRh Personally, con
found youl I suppose I ought to have
ordered It by mail two weeks in ad
vanceCleveland Plain Dealer.
"Can you advance any argument to
show why your political principles
should win?" "No," answered Mr.
Dustln Stax, "but I can advance con
siderable cash." Washington Star.
"Now. George, I'm off to the station
for mother. Do brace up and don't i
as if you had mat de
luck; ,. It's -theH
.mere that make
Llfe?-.
"Your bump of destruction is unus
ually large," said the professor of
phrenology. "Are you a prize-fighter?"
"No," replied the victim in the chair.
"I nm a furniture mover." Chicago
News.
"Pop!" "Yes, my son." "What Is an-i
excavation?' "Why, an excavation,
my boy, Is a place .from which dif't .
has been taken." "Well, I suppose
my face is an excavation, then?" Yon
kers Statesman.
"What do you mean by writing
'Among the prettiest girls at the dance
was Capt. Andrews?' Tho captain Is a
man." "Yes, but he spent most nf
his time among the prettiest girls
there." Philadelphia Telegraph.
"They are asking how you got your
money," said the friend. "That's all
right," answered Senator Sorghum, "It
will be time enough to worry when -they
begin to figure on how to get It
away from me." Washington Star.
"Woodby declares his grandfather
descended from one of the greatest
houses in England." "Ah, yes; I did '
hear a story about the old man falling
off a roof he was repairing once for
lira DouiBuuuy ur uiner. rnuauei
phia Ledger.
Parke There's only one way to man
age about money matters. Whenever"'
I see a thing I want I Invariably ask -myself
this question, "Can I afford It?"
Lane But do you alwayB stick to this?
Parke Always. If I find I can't afford
It I buy It Town and Country.
Miss Pechls I was quite surprised '
at Mr. Slpman last evening. He waa
discussing "American Beauties" and he
paid me quite a compliment. Miss
Chellus Well, that waa surprising. I
never before heard of his paying any
thing before it was due. Phlladel-
phla Press.
"The last time I saw Packer he wess .
looking pretty blue; said he had noth
Ing to do." "He 'told me the same
thing today when I met him, but ho
was quite cheerful." "Ah, resigned to
It, I Bupose." "Resigned to it? No,
Just appointed to it He's got a poll-'
tical Job." Philadelphia Press.' '
"Pa," said little Willie, "what Is the '
difference between a magnet and a -magnate?"
"A magnet, Willie, is a me
tallic substance, generally of Iron,
which will attrack certain metals, but '
not gold or silver. A magnate is a me
tallic substance. Invariably of brass,
which will attract gold s'd-Uiierng-ly.'Wudge.
"
Hla Idea of the Meanest Woman.
Miss Caroline Powell of Boston ia
a wood engraver,, a pupil of Timothy .
Cele, and at a dinner recently she
said of her master:
"Mr. Cole had a horror of stingy
persons. He was continually railing
against such people, continually point
ing out to us glaring examples of
meanness and greed. - ,
"He said one day that he had heard
that morning ot one of .the meanest
women In the world, J.
"She called before breakfast attnV
house of a neighbor ot his and said:
"'Madam, I see that you have ad
vertised In the papers for a cook.'
"'Yes, I have returned y the other,
"but surely you 1 are not after the
place.', ;;.--,- ;:r.,: - V . - I
'No, said the stranger, 'but I only
live two blocks away from you, and
since I need .a cook myself, I thought
you might send to me all the appli
cants you reject'" rtillarte'
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