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VOLUiUE'XXI.
FRAJf KLIN. N. C. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY H, 1906.
FRANKLIN
V,' f-!.!v':;"f ':o.'5"' 'i'H' '-:.'' .Ir A" :.
ton ire avy friend, for you nave mllcd with
i me,
; . My Mo and nope la fair and stormy
t weathers .
I WW yon tut the Joys youre whllcrt with
I love yon for the griefs we're wept to
gether. . - ' . -
I'T held your hand when Ufa wni gold to
; me,
; And ahared with yon Ita every gracliniv
. greeting: :
Ion re brought good cheer when earth w.ia
cold to mo,
; And made me feel your warm heart fondly
... beating.
LOVE'S
By BARRY
'4"H-W
"Well, there's only one course loft
open to mi now, my dear fellow, and
that la to 'marry money,' I've staved
off the evil day as long as possible, but
, 1 m cornered at last. So you will prob-
. ably hear the engagement of Maurice
Algernon Davenegh to a certain heir-
; ess whom we know of announced at an
early date.'
The speaker yawned, Jeaned back In
;fcls scat with a complacent air, and
y watched the smoke curline fantastical
. ly cetlingward from the business end
of his cigar.
"The dickens It will!" exclaimed the
Honorable Claude, looking up in eur-
prlse. "And who, if I may ask, Is the
or fortunate lady?"
"Miss Violet Hunstan."
' "What! Old Chicago Hunstan's
daughter? Maurice, my boy, you're in
luck!"
"I'm sure I hope so," drawled the
other, languidly. "But there's, nothing
really settled yet. As- a matter of fact
v we were only introduced three days
go. She's qu(to a child, you know,
and probably hasn't made up her mind.
But I have!"
"You seem beastly cocksure about It,"
remarked his friend, laughing. "But
you won't have the field to yourself
; remember. A girl with twenty thou
a"fid a year gets plenty of offers these
days. Not but what you'd stand as
good a chance as most, mind ypu; es-
: peclally If the lady happens to be satis
fied with a tolerable amount of good
: looks and the bearer of an ancient
: name,"
f "Thanks awfully for 'the compll
. toent," drawled Davenegh. "Claude,
ny boy, you shall bo best man at my
wedding."
"Right! But, I say, you mustn't
lose any time, old man. If I were you,
I'd push the business; pile on the
presents, see her every day and pre
tend to be in deadly earnest "
"There won't be any pretonse about
that," Interrupted Davenegh, with a
laugh. "The lady has, to be exact,
nineteen thousand, five hundred pounds
year, and I have let me geJe' now
three or four moderate racers waiting
aala, a cantankerous uncle with a pas
sion for longevity, a bag of debts and
the clothes I Stand in!"
"Not to speak of fairly decent con
versational powers, nice eyes and a
woIMjred air "
Davenegh picked up a bulky vol
ume ' from the table and poised it
threatening' v. The Honorable Claude
laughed and, straightening his long
. lejra, rose to depnrt.
- "Well, anyhow," ho said, "I wish
you luck, old map. Go In and win
t.Tou couldn't do better and the girl
might do worse. JVell ta-ta! See you
again In a few days,"
As the door closed behind his friend,
Maurice Davenegh pulled himself up
low from the-atis-1!
chnlrl He
Hand
; of a
niethlng
prom-
event
hat she was
onlng a pret-
rtl. but a trip to
utter in circles
were out of
la the way was
yne'l taste. Neither
fences was possible,
zing as the heiress re-
hands. ,
t the girl rose from her
Isellng of undisguised
Wdj danced with him
rfcaslqn of their In
, as he clasped her
bent low over them,
his handsome feat-
rained mustache and
a, and her heart gave
drew a chair close be
, devoted himself to her
vglnnlng In a witty, Im
. and then gradually low
Mow voice and talking on
r to the heart of each; her
ed at the thought which
. r unhidden the thought
ed.
Js
i
the
it
, -C 'i-l " '..' Y'-" V''-';.'.Y
Though all (hi world was draf ml d&rk to
And long the night, and bleak the M
, and biting,
I knnw fttll well that yon would hark tome,
glad lighting.
You are my friend, for you have smiled with
. me,
My help and hope In fair and stormy
weather;
I like you for the Joya you've whlled With
' me,
I love ynu for the griefs we've wept to
gether. Niton Waterman.
VICTORY.
SHIEL.
that, If this man loved and wooed, how
terribly Irresistible ho would be!
Meanwhile the man beside her was
congratulating himself on the prog
ress he seemed to be making. She
would be an easy conquest, he told
himself; even now sha could hardly
meet his gaze without drooping her
eyes. What an unsophisticated miss
she Was, to be sure! It seemed al
most a shame to deceive her.
He took his leave at last, but that
visit was only the first of many. Lady
Cheyno was wise. In her generation.
She never mentioned his name to her
charge, never broached the subject of
marriage; but always kept a sear at
the opera and a place In her carriage
for the young man whenever he mieht
choose to avail himself of them, which,
to oe candid, was not seldom.
Thug the weeks sped on, and Mau
rice Davenegh's bill at the florist's
grew by almost daily items. His
friends, of course, congratulated and
chaffed him, each in accordance with
farm-mar temperament; but one
and all envied him. He was In for a
good thing, they said; with scarcely
a thought for the fair, young victim
wno Was dreaming her first love
dream.
Ah! Heaven. How sweet it was!
Oh, that she need ever awake!
"And it Is for me?"
The girl caught her breath as she
looked at the star of brilliants lying
In its velvet case, and her eyes spark
led. They were "sitting out" In the
conservatory; within the dancing was
in full swing.
For you," he said. "You think It is
pretty?"
"It Is perfectly lovely. But "
She stripped abruptly and averted her
face.
"But not of any great value, eh?"
no laugnea. sne turned swiftly.
iou say tnat because I am a mil
lionaire's daughter, and can buy what
I choose; but. one doesn't always value
thing according to its intrinsic
worth."
"Thank you for that speech," he said,
earnestly. "Then you accept my offer
ing?" Willingly," she answered. "My only
regret is that I can give you nothing
in return; at least, nothing that you
would care Tor."
"Nothing?"
Maurice took the whito fingers In his
own and compelled her to meet his
gaze. Was the time ripe? Should he
try his fate tonight?
"Nothing that you really want," she
half whispered.
"And If I really wanted some
thing?" He tightened his hold on her fingers
and bent lower till his breath fanned
her cheek. What an emotional little
ayasj . Quite different from
to be
hat was
face.
and for
that the
Her words,
you love me?"
persistently In
In her violet
ha strange new
her? Ah, there
ing!
voice, which he recog
of the Honorable
avenegh's hooked her
Nice little thing, but,
s her money bags he's
well! we've all got to marry
love or lucre; but It's
his case with a vengeance!"
The voices passed out ot
iot Stunned and dazed, Dave-
h dropped the hand he held, and
e twain faced each other speechless.
This, then, was the end. Davenegh
rose, and his face was almost as white
as that of the girl beside him as, with
out speaking he drew Violet's trembl
ing fingers through his arm audi led her
back to the ballroom.' .
At the entrance they stopped, as It
by mutual conf mt, and Davenegh with
drew his arm. For a moment he let
his deep eyes rest on the girl's stricken
face, and there was love, remorse and
bitter shame in their depths. Then,
having uttered no Word, he hurried
awayj with ashen Hps and a heart full
of a burning, blinding pain. He bad
insulted her beyond all hope of pardon,
grieved her beyond all forglvenness.
ana ne loved her! '
For the next fortnight Lady Cheyne
was at her wits' end what to do with
her charge. ' Day by day the girl grew
whiter and thinner, like some lovely
pale flower whose strength was grad
ually being sapped at the roots: yet.
In spite of notes, letters and .frantic
letters, Maurice Davenegh made no
sign, and Anally It was ascertained that
he had left town, destination unknown.
It was in vain that Lady Cheyne
fumed and fretted; there was nothing
for it hut to leave town also and try if
the sea breetes would king the color
back to Violet's cheeks. It was a nui
sance and fearful upsetting ot plans;
but the girl looked like a ghost, and
people were beginning to talk. '
. t
"Come on, now; yer purse oulck!
If ye holler "
that
in
ed
.ook
e
Ay for
r
m
The tramp raised his stack threat
eningly, 'and his grip on the girl's
slender wrist tightened to an Intensity
that Was painful.
Violet Hunstan for It was she was
trembling violently.. la the middle of
the road lay her bicycle, and she was
covered with dust from head to foot.
She gave a frantic look up and down
the long road, but there waa not a soli
tary being In sight,
"D'ye bear met t ain't got no time
to waste. Wot? Yer won't! Hoi
we'll see!"
Gripping her arms the ruffian forced
her back against the bank, thrust one
black hand over her mouth, and with
the other, began fumbling With her
dress. The poor girl felt her senses
going. She ceased to struggle, a queer
haze came before her eyes and then
then something big and dark loomed up
there Was the sound of a heavy blow,
followed Immediately by something
between a curse and a groan, and then
darkness!
"What a lucky thing you happened
to be passing! I should never have
forgiven myself otherwise."
"Thank Heaven I was In time!" an
swered Davenegh, as he laid the un
conscious girl on the sofa 'in Lady
Choyne's boudoir at the hotel. "-Ah!"
At that moment Violet opened her
eyes, and as Maurice bent over the
couch, Lady Cheyne discreetly with
drew. The girl looked up at him with
a startled expression; then, with a
shiver, closed her eyes again. Nothing
daunted, however, the man stooped
down and gathered the shrinking form
In his arms. '
"My darling," ho cried, "can yon ever
forgive me? Dearest, If you only knew
how I have suffered! If you only knew
how I love you!".
The girl looked up wonderingly, wist
fully, and then she knew! Those dark,
deep eyes above her told their own
story,
Lady Cheyne's house in Mayfalr was
reopened again, and society only knew
that Sir Maurice Davenegh had been
out of town for a month and" that his
rich uncle was de!d.
Of that tragic Interval the time be
tween thoy knew nothing, They
never dreamed that he had left London
because he had fallen in love with the
girl he had vowed, to marry for her
money, and that but' for the plundering
propensities of a certain individual of
the tramp fraternity, he would proba--bly
never have seen her again.
These secrets are tho Joint property
of Lady Cheyne, who is discreet, and
the wife of Sir Maurice Davenegh who
is, as she firmly believes, the happiest
woman in tho world. New York
Weekly.
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
A communication received by a Lon
don firm read: "I beg to Inform you
that Mr. passed away yesterday
at the request of his widow.
"Buttercups and daisies follow rail
roads the world over," said ah engirt
eer, "In India, Ifi Central Asia, In
Brazil, tho parallel rails fruit contln
ually between meadows white and yel
low with homo flowers."
An Instructor at Vassar College has
an old and Interesting collection of
photographs tho photographs of the
babies of young women who are col
loge graduates. The babies In this col
lection are strong and beautiful. Thoy
number 300.
The first verse of the Fifty-first
Psalm Is called the "neck Verse," for
the reason that In former times a man
condemned to death sdmetlmes had
chance to save his life by proving that
he could read, and this verse was used
as a test.
There are only three national holi
days in Japan. January 1 is one of
them, and the birthday of the reigning
emperor, November 3 Is another. But
February 11 18 tho greatest of the three
dates, for It Is the anniversary ot the
coronation of the first Emperor, Jim
mu. New Yorkers are In the habit of
thinking of everything west of But-
real West A Philadelphia man who
had been to Salt Lake City made a
falo as Western, but not so out in the
casual acquaintance on a street cor
ner there. After some talk the Phlla
dclphian said he . was an Easterner.
The other replied; "I'm from the East,
too. My home Is ;u Oklahoma."
The Japanese Cavalry.
A correspondent of the London
Times writing from Gen. Nogl's head
quarters says: From discussion ot the
training and organization ot the Jap
anese cavalry, it Is Interesting to
turn to their performances during the
war. It baa been assumed that the
cavalry has done nothing because it
has not raided the Russian communi
cations,- or otherwise emulated ' the
proceedings ot Mlsbchenke and Ren-
nenkampf. But In merely preserv
ing its existence In face of greatly
preponderating numbers the Japan
ese cavalry nas performed no mean
teat. Far from being content with
merely holding their own, however,
they have patrolled and reconnoitred
the enemy's country and daring and
spirit on many occasions.. The re
sults have not been great, bocause
the numbers employed were neces
sarily small, and such damage as was
done has been carefully concealed by
the Russians.
A Little Parable.
. Hatred and Selfishness fell in love
with each other because they saw that
thelr deeds were alike evil.
So they sought Beelzebub and asked
him to marry them.
"I wtir do It," he said,
be on one condition."
but it must
"What" is the conditlonf'
asked. - v
they
"That the two of you, then legally
made one, shall take a new name."
"It is agreed," they said.
. So they were wedded with ' much
pomp and ceremony.
"Now what is our lyew name?" they
immediately inqmrei
numaa rony, iwai tne answer,
"That name hereafftr will Include tho
ola of you, as Inded It practically has
o iieretorore.-ySan Francisco Cull.
To Cure Halter Pulling.
Buckle or tie a long haltef strap
around the horse's foreleg just above
the knee, pass the strap through dne
ring of the bridle and tie the other
end to hitching post. After a time they
may with safety be hitched In the ordi
nary way. ,
More About Alfalfa.
There has been so much said about
the difficulty of starting an alfalfa
field that after my experience this
season I feel it my duty to tell about
it for the benefit of those who hesi
tate to try this crop. After studying
tile question for four or five years, I
came to tho following conclusions
first, sow without a nursing crop;
second, sow at same time you would
oats in tho spring; third, use plenty of
seed. I tried it on land that I was
not acquainted with, but consider that
t have a suro thing of It now. 4 sowed
about one-half aero April 20, using
twenty poutjd ot seed that tested 85
pefcent fertile; cut the first time June
20 and cut again August 15, and today,
August 19, the ground Is green as' can
be again. This ground slopes slightly
to east and north; had been used for
garden truck, was as weedy as land
could be, and was rather wet. We
have had a very wet season, but no
water stood on it. It hns had a fierce
fight) btlt has seemed to have the
best of the game from the start, Saving
had a, good color and growing fast. It
Was beginning to blossom at Becond
cutting. August IT I put the first fer
tilizer on it as follows: Two hundred
pounds wood ashes, unleachcd; 180
pounds 2-8-10 commercial fertlllzeri
0. J. B., In Rural New Yorker.
Weak Bone. ,
Dno Of the common troubles In hog
raising In the corn bolt is that ot
breaking down. Weak Ices are due
to improper feeding. The pigs will do
pretty well while with the sow pro
vided they do not get too much corn,
and they will develop very well on
good pasture) but When confined to a
corn diet they can't develop good,
strong bone. Milk and grass contain
bone making material, but. corn does
not. Hone meal, soft coal, woiid ashes
alfalfa hay or grasses, and such feeds
as contain plenty of bono building ele
ments, wiU'balunce the corn diet. Go
eaBy on corn except when putting on
tho finishing touches of market hogs.
Just because it is an easy feed to
throw out does not mako It a proper
feed.
Turn your hogs and pigs out oh a
good pasture and keep them on grass
till fall. Don't feed swill. They will
spend too much time squealing at tho
gate. Give them good water.
Those hogs will look large boned
and gaunt all summer. You may be
ashamed to show them to anybody,
but stick to grass and water. In tho
fall, when corn Is fit, feed it; or bet
ter still, start them on old corn
gradually and then watch those slab
sided porkers fill In tile chinks. And
they will do It so rapidly and so cheap
ly you will bo Surprised. There's no
Benso Id feeding corn all summer If
you havo pastufe.
For Barb Wire Cuts.
When a horse has been injured on
wire the first thing to do is to stop the
flow of blood; this may as a rule tie
done by bandaging It up tight. It may
also frequently be best to apply pow
dered alum or common saleratus, both
of which will generally be found effec
tive. In a few hours considerable
swelling will set In; this should be re
duced either by applying cold water
frequently or, what Is really better,
apply pure kerosene oil not only to
the wound but also to the swollen
parts. No bandage should be kept on
where kerosene is used as it will thon
cause the hair to fall off temporarily
and as soon as it is safe to do so, the
sore should be carefully washed with
soft water and castile soap. This
ought to bo repeated dully until the
sore heals. One of the best healing
medicines for horseflesh that 1 have
ever used can be put up at any drug
store, as follows: One-half pint of
alcohol; one-half pint spirits ot tur
pentine; one ounce of pure glycerine;
mix all together In a large bottle and
shake well bofore using. Apply only
with a feather at morning and night.
The sore should never be bandaged.
By dally washing it will In this way
heal up very rapidly. I -can person
ally testify to the effectlyehess ot this
simple remedy as we have made use
of it Jn numerous cases with the best
results where every other remedy we
tried failed to heal up the sore on the
horse. Lewis Olsen In the Epltomlst.
Cars of Stock. .
According to the winter care given
them will the pigs, colts and calves
be worth the raising or not. Accord
ing to the care received will they be
worth much or ; little -in the spring.
How often ws , see runty, stunted
calves and colts starving out the first
and best years of their lives In a barn-
lot or barren pasture! Some are sure
tq die before spring and those that
live through the winter will not be
worth half . what they should have
been; and no amount of care and feed
can ever make up to them for these
first starved years. If your colts and
calves are round and plump In the
fall It will cost you far less to winter
them through and they will be one-
fourth larger and much more valuable
In the spring than If you let them be
gin "the winter thin in flesh end with
conts that stand the wrong way. If the
colt, calf, pig or Iamb is worth rais
ing at all, It is worth raising well.
Some people have the mistaken notion
that vu If farm animals are stunted
the first year or two. thov win likt'o
"come out an Make'a iWr alzed ani
mal in time, Young stock should be
thrifty; they should be kept growing.
Care should be taken that their growth
is never checked at any time. To do"
Ih thev should havo plenty of feed.
of tho proper kind and of tile right
sin-jiirtt. Give them sufficient for thelf
needs but not enough to be left over
add Wasted, and see that each animal
gets the feed Intended tof It. Thoy
should bd ted and yarded by them
selves Where you Can give thSni a lit
tie extra care and supervision;, Clear!
up the lots and put things in order. It
Is not too late to attend to these
things, go out nOw and see what needs
doing most. See about shelter, bed
ding, mangers, racks and feed boxes.
Don't forget the wind breaks. Few
frrms have a wind break of any sort
and poor neglected stock stands shiv
ering in the WWd On almost 6v6r?
farm; ndt Only cold, but hurigry a
wcll.--Epltomlst; (
Crop Rotation.
The State Experiment Station, lo
cated at the Unlvorslty of Illinois, is
conducting a fiefles of Investigations
In regard td lllo comparative value ot
different crop rotations; ." Ie dif
ferent systems are being investigated;
First, the continuous cropplrig rltfl
corn; second, a two-year rotation1 with
corn and oats; and, third, a three-year
rotation with corn, oats and clover.
The results of the experiments show
that tho largest crop of corn can be
raised In the three-year rotation, and
that when limestone and steamed
bonemeai are applied, trie yield Is
greatly increased:
Where these systems have beii fol
lowed for a number of years the latest
yields obtained, (1904) were 40 bushels
per acre with the continuous corn sys
tem; 49 bushels of corn after oats In
tho twoyaar rotation, and 75 bushels
or corn after clover in the thfee-year
rotation.
On other fields, on tho same kind of
soil, whore thoso three systems have
been followed for twonty-eight yearS,
the largest corn yields were 22 bush
els per acre where corn has been
grown continuously, 36 bushels of
corn after oats In the two-year rota
tion; titid 69 .bushels of corn after
clover Iri the three-year fotatiori;
The yields of tho fields thus cfotinea
for twenty-eight years have faffed be
low tho ylalds ot the fields cropped for
only ten years, as follows; Eighteen
bushels decrease (40 to 25) where
corn Is grown continuously; 13 bush
els decrease (49 to 36) where corn fol
lows oats in the two-year rotation;
and 16 bushels (75 to 50) where corn
follows clover In the three year rota
tion. Where ground limestone add steam
ed bonemeai are being implied Iri the
three year rotation, the yield for l'3o4
being 96 bushels of corn per acre.
To see one field of corn which yields
only 22 bushels nnd another which
yields 96, growing side by side, on the
same kind of soli, and from the same
kind of seed, and both receiving the
same kind of cultivation is an objoct
lesson not soon to be forgotten.
fat arid i Persistent Milker,
W. K. 8., North Bennington, Vt.: t
am sixty years old add have dealt iri
horses all the days of my life. I
want you to tell me just how to feed
and take care of a three and a half
year old cow; I know little about cows;
and I raised this one for the fun ot
seeing It grow up. The sire Is a
Durham, the mother a Devon. She
is a good sized red cow, always fat.
She came In last fear on September
10, and had no trouble; h gave lots
ot milk, t tiled td dry her art sit
weeks agdi as she is coming fresh
soon, but I could not entirely, she
commenced making bag about Sep
tember 16. Now she has got quite a
bag full. She has got a poor pasture.
She has had all summer two quarts
of bran, wheat and corn twice a day
until September 1. Then I stopped.
Now I give her a pumpkin at night
and one quart ot coarse bran, a pint
of ground oats and a gill of oilmeai
very Wet In the morning. 1 thought
this Would keep her bowels in better
shape. She is fat. the front quarters
of her bag are full; the hind ones not
so full. I ajtn keeping her In the barn
nights. If you will let me know what
to do when she comes In and after I
will be very much obliged.
I have carefully looked over your
letter and manner of feeding and care
Ot this cow and' I have no better ad
vice to give you than to keep on as
you are doing. This cow for her
breeding Is a remarkable milk produc
ing cow. If you have any trouble
with her It will be, I think, with her
going back in milk flow after m th
calves. ' ' . 7::'vr
As she has been milking up so neat
to calving t would not advise you now
to try to dry her up, but continue to
milk her right along. - After the calf
Is born, slowly increase her feed, but
let it be largely wheat middlings and
wheat bran, with some oats added,
Cpru la a cow with an inherent ten
dency to lay on flesh is not called for.
Should she go beyond a certain limit
In laying on flesh her milk flow will
dlmlulsh rapidly and she will sim
ply become a beef cow, or a cow that
either will not come In heat, Or if she
does will .iot get In calf. As you are
milking lie right along you have little
to fear from milk fever (partulent
apOplexy). C. D. Smead, V. S., reply
ing to above letter In Tribune Far
mer. "
A Hard Winter for England.
Birds seldom make mistakes In
their weather forecasts. Arctic sea
birds and all sorts of web-footed and
wading strangers have been and are
now arriving upon our shores, fully a
month or more before their time. If
we are not going to have a "good old
English winter," then' all the signs
and portents of 'bird-life will be be
lled. Sporting and Dramatic News.
The late Sig. Tamagno, in spite ot
his lavish generosity, managed to
nmns.l a larger fortune than any sing
er ot. his tima '
THE PULP1T.
4N ELCQUENT SUNDAY SERMON 07
TH2 rev. w. J. Thompson.
Subject: Warp and ttoof,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Sunday Simpson M.
IS. Church celebrated Its sixty-first nn
lllm'sufy, The subject of Pastor W.
J. Thompson's morning sei'uion was
"Knlth and Love In the Warp, Pastors
nnd Members In tho Woof." The text
was from I. 'l'hessalotilaiu 1:3. Mr.
Thompson tald:
The warp consists of tho threads
running lengthwise through the entire
fabric. The woof consists of tho
threads crosswise, and prompted by
the weaver's fancy, may vtry with
each shot of the shuttle,
The warp of Simpson Church Is that
which through these sixty-one years
has remained unchang'evi aud Is UU
changealil. The woof, comprising
pastors aud members, by Inexorable'
necessity nnd purposeful design
changes and evermore must change.
Faith Is a prominent thread in the
warp. Co scions of our spiritual
growth wo reach out after God If
happily we1 tiihf find arid be aided by
Him; God is not found Out by search,
lug. The futility of the quest adds
welcome td Jesus who reveals the
souslit-for God as tlio Father, W
hold forth Jesus tho authorltativ re
vealer of God and our relation to Hliri
as the light of the world.
Absorbed In His talks and walks,
we are caught up lu His life, and by
that life conformed to his likeness.
Thus Jesiis saves men by His life.
Also by His death.- The obstructions
to the tunnel-boring tinder Manhattan!
and the rivers, overcome by the cngt
liters' sacrifice, measure their devotion
to their idea! rapid transit.
Christ's sacrifice of His life revealed
Ills complete lovo for His Ideal, tho
salvation of man, and makes that sal
vation complete", We preach Christ
(did Hili! crucified as the all-sufficient
saviour of ineil wbd receive Him,
Philosophers reason tried into disciple,
ship. Without -violence to reason, and
Invoking It only sd for ns It is a part
of conscience, we command men every
where to repent and believe. Repent
by ceasing to do evil; believe by tho
trustful appropriation of the Christ
life and death. Our forerunners In
this are John tho Baptist, r'eter and
flaming evangels on to Whitfield arid
Moody. Our Justification is the wit
ness of sins forgiven and lives bring
ing forth thd frul's of righteousness.
Fear is iri he warp. It is ours by
generous hereditary legacy, Slid ct)m
L passes things, blasts, men and devil:
When fear is uppermost It dwarfs.
Neither moral nor religious giants are
the product Of fear. What pygmies'
worriraenf; fear Of disaster, makes.
Intlmldatiori from eclipses arid comets
science shows W be baseless. The fear
of beasts, vhich vanishes before then
prowess of the hunter. Fear Of physi
cal mari departing with war. Fear td
spcuk one's convictions and advocating1
measures he disbelieves, thug count
ing for less than nothing, and de'serv
lng expatriation from a democracy'
these are all unwholesome fears. The
sooner banished the better.
Moral fear. Wordsworth calls duty
the "Stern Daughter of the Voice of
God:" Sn is $ task mistress over tjs.
Our superior therefore! tve; fcrtr. Hef
commands, like ri ebrysallls, metamor
phoses into the pleasures of duty. Fear
of the law drives the criminal to1 outS
ward legal acts. The best citizens arei
moved without fear. William Lloyd
Garrison, the great moral champion,
the centennial of whose birth this day
is, when dragged through the streets
of Boston by a mob, said "his soul was
devoid of fear,"
Feni' IS tht beginning and not the
end of morality. Godly fear. Petro
nius argued fear1 made the gofis. Some
religions have their devils. We have
ours who goeth about as a devouring
lion. The Old and New Testaments
have 518 references to fear.
It may be needful for the beginnings
and salutary With certain tempera
ments, but fear Is only the' beginning
of wisdom.
The almlghtlness of Jehovah makes
ns tremble. But He draws near to us
In tho flesh as we become one with
Htm, His power Is for us. Fear from
the least to the King of Terrors Is
abolished; All power is for our good
and we crtti no longer fear: Fear gives
place td love arid sinks td tuG riether
side of the wnrp In remembrance ot
the Judgments of tho lawgiver. The
terrors of the law are replaced by Uif
grace of the gospsl. Fcnr is the be
glunlug ct wisdom, ltt. end Is love.
In our necessitated helplessness in in
fancy nnd youth we -depended upon
our fathers. That dependence met,
brought forth ,as the foremost filial
feeling, love. Ail men have this tu
telage, and to them Jesus reveals God
, ns the B'atuer who excels the most de
voted father In giving good things. -Tho
devotee of many gods may be
sober until be Is Intoxicated at tho
feast ot DIonysius and be righteous
throughout all. To the same devotee
wisdom Is a virtue if be Is a states
man and .courage If be is a soldier.
There are different virtues for different
times and different people. Jesus re
vealed DIety as one God and Father,
therefore .virtue is one and love is
the fulfilling of all virtue. To offend .
In one point of love Is to be guilty of
alk because righteousness is a unit.
The acknowledged master . In my
craft addresses my ambition with,
''You can be an artisan equal to me
and I will old you." He has my heart's
best love. The absolutely perfect God
addresses my loftiest ambition with,
"Be ye perfect as I am perfect and My
proffered grace, all-sufficient, is yours
for the asking." It follows my heart's
supreme love wells up to God. The
most promltnnt thread In the warp is,
"Lore God with all your heart, mind,
soul and strength."
- God the Father of allthen geog
raphy, national boundaries, is a matter
of the bead and not of the heart and
merchandise a commodity In things
and not lu men. Accordingly, In the
beginning of this era It was predes
tined, a William Lloyd Garrison should
toll the death knell of slavery. Bud
dhistic lore Is individualistic and does
bo mighty deeds; Christian love is so
cial and does. It Inculcates love to the
neighbor and unites to the true relig
ion the loftiest morals and Inspires
the mightiest deeds of man for man. .
Thomas Hobbes- set the English
thinking .world agog with, "Self-love
is the only love; we tolerate, but can
not love anotnr."''TMynlo would
view the Samaritan's succor of the
wounded man not to mitigate his suf
ferings,, but himself to exhilarate in
powr possessed. Adam Smith has
siiuWn with his pen What so many
have with their lives tnat sympathy,
is an integral part of our nature.
Sympathy, to feel with another, is s
prerequisite ot love. The tragic stimu
lates It. Accordingly, in the Christian
religion the death ot Jesus is most
prominent. HIS betrayal, triple denial
by IMer, stripped of His robe, nlked,
scourged, carrying the cross, bound to
It, imlledjjUls agonizing crlet, death,
burial tlu whole Is detailed Willi
minutiae. Addtb tll the unwrn-
branco of a young man radiant with
hopes that -are. stifled;' tho long-for
Messiah, Son of God, founder of a
religion, whose life wus all for human
weal, crucified in tbe populous capital
of His nation s ft malefactor, and the
tragedy of Calvary becomes pathetic
in the extreme. It' the Oberammergau
play is so heartrending, th loved dis
ciples of Jesus must have had an ex
perience lu pathos rarely felt by mor
tal. It is a wonder some of them did
not die from sheer pity.
To-day we observe Passion Week
and the forty days of Lent. Art, lit
erature and serriions picture the pa
thetic profile of Jesus and melt our
hearts. The courageous man of Cal
rnry is less viewed, and wisely so.
We need to be Infused with the pns
slon Of Jesus to give us the heart to
feel. .The melted heart first.
Darwin ruled sympathy out of order
in this world of struggle. A recent
reputable sociologist shows how ym
pathy evidenced In mutual aid has
made possible tho life of the animate
world nnd the progress of man. In
the highest form of life tlio offspring
is fewest and weakyst. Tlty absent,
and such would perish. God pitying
perishing man brought redemption.
Jesus magnified sympathy, . It melts
the lienrt to lpve. There is false sym
pathy. A sect, the Jalnlsts, so pity ven
njuaus lu&Kts as not to kill them. The
DoukTJoCor 'absurdly pity tlift putting
engllio. Sentimentalists so pity the
perpetrators of horrible murder as to
foil Justice) parents their disobedient
child as to spare the rod and spoil.
False philanthropist fcl the lazy
and pauperise those who ought not to
eat because they do not work. W
must sympathize aright.
Tho woman who cares for ho or
phan; tho nurse who censes not he?
vigils In the epidemic; the neighbor
who grants n loan to a deserving man
In a hard place; tho friend with his
fitly spoken word to lighten tho
weighted heart and gladden the record
ing ahgcl these are all Illustrations of
sympathizing aright. The highest form
IS the poor sympathizing wifll the rich
In their loneliness, and the ricn wltn
the poor in their needs. When the
highest and lowest feel as one, sym
pathy lias its perfect work. The heart
thhs srmrmtlietlc will eo down In nity.
out in lovo to enemies and up in love
to GOd, and throughout envieth not.
Thus this most blessed faculty of the
heart Is pure. We preach "Love one
another with a puto heart, fervently."
Love, the most prominent thread warp,
is more than "mere morality." Knowl
edge of the good does not overcome
the iiicrtia to its doing. Tho impera
tives of duty fnuat be divinely spoken
nd warmed. It's not t)i act, but the
motive that give- quality. Tn love
of God to us ln'V: irist Jesus drawing
tls into fellowship wilh tlio Infinite
heart irilptirts the highest quality to our
deeds.
Hate Is another tlireikl in the wnrp.
Wo liave earned advanced university
degrees In this accomplishment. In
stance Civil wars and religious inquisi
tions. There is an Orientalism lu
Thuglsm, whose votaries worship the
sword as the Greek his Icon. Killing
is worship wherein thry do th" will
of their goddess. Asceticism could
havo a patent office all its own for In
struments, of flagellation aavlsKl to
scourge monks Into nntreil or tins
beautiful world. Count the number of
those you hare. We naturally love
friends and hate enemies. Fwm
Christ we learn to hate aright.
The Fharisee's law was: "Bo holy,
as the Lord your God Is holy." Jesus
snt at mt-flt in a Tluirisee's house.
There were good l'iinvlf . There
were others whom the Master branded
as "generation of vipers, straining at
a gnat and swallowing a camel; with
out whltcd sepulchres, nnd full of
dead men's bones wilhin." Not tho
Pharisee?, b"t their sins, Jesus hated.
The crosu Vows God's immeasurably
hatred of sliK 1'aul delivered the niosj
drastic philippics against fin, the de
stroyer of soul. To describe siu as
the glory of the imperfect is worse
than criminal. We ought to hate sin
with all passion.
Work 19 S prominent thread In the
warp. Love, butt', feur are emotional.
John Wesley, In his experlmico of
saving faith, says the heart was
Slrangtiy wnrined. The Semiou on tho
Moriilt is a message o the heart. Tho
feelings have reared tho great faiths.
"Out of the abundance of tho heart
the mouth speoketh." Tonur&eour feel
ings for themselves is irreligious.
They must Issue In acts. Hunger leads
Us to eat, not for the titlllation of the1
palate, but to restore lost tiesuo and
complete tho body. The blessing of
hungering and thirsting after right
eousness Is In leading to tho activity
that fills us With the fullness of God.
Feelings evidencing In action is what
we need. "
True character Is within. But "no
man liveth to himself." "Let your
light shine" Is the command to ob
jectify that character. To be seen, it
must be in good works, and thoso best
seen are to men's bodily needs. Eleo-'
mosynary provisions must always
characterize Christians.
Why Be Studied the Bible.
The Itev. Hussell BIgelow Pope, of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, who
recently died In his sixtieth year, ac
complished that which seems almost to
be beyond belief. He read the Bible
through 150 times, thirty-eight times
in one year, and once In one day. He
made his own concordance, and coujd
give almost any chapter and verse In
any part or the Dime at can. j; or rorty
years he read the Greek Testament
through carefully once a quarter. His
reason for this close and. accurate
searching of the -Scriptures Is given by
Dr. Pope in the Christian Advocate, as
follows: "Ones upon a time I called
at a drug store and asked for a certain
medicine. The clerk went to tho back
of the store and laid his hand on the
unmarked vial. 'How do you know
that this is the medicine I Inquired
for?' He replied, 'I know my store,'
and then I made up my mind that I
would know the entiro Word like that
Balanced Rock' In Colorado. , ,
A naturally balanced rock of a very
interesting character is to be seen In
the Garden ot tho Gods in Colorado.
The heavy mass 1 so delicately bal
anced that tho Combined strength of
two or three men Is all that la neces
sary to start it oscillating from shlo
to side. '''""
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QUITE A BLOW FOR THE LOAFER.
An linnest. JiidiiRtrloun flnpncr - v ' r
n.lay, to hlx Joy. found a loaf o' '
i:nnil. "Tlil m mr lmlr 1 will tton for
A rainy day.1' rlimklrd thi (iopher.
It ilumwd (lint an liHl'ilimt loafer
Vim wfi'chliiK, nnd cried h, "(), ho!" lor
TlioiiBlit lie, TlH're'a no show (or tUS
(io'll.l , . : ...
Tliat braid ili a Uoo I will go for." , : i
v .. ;. '-. ;,
1 ho T.Rfor for sure came to woe. for .(
Mo IVd jit a pace fnr from alnw. for ,
Th" (Joiihi'i- gave ritaa to the Loafor. t
I (five yon my word thlf la an, for .
It may. aeem pwnllar, I know, for
A U'afpp to hofi for a loaf or '( . r
A Uupkar lo go for a 1iafer
Life.
JUST
Mrs. Callahan Molke! Molke!
tip; ut's toimo t' tako y' lnsomnitk mid
icino. Puck.
Mr. Dlinks Ono of my -ancestors
fell at Waterloo. LadysTClare AhT
Which platform? Punch.
"It does seem odd-itho only one of
my man friends wh(be!ame estrang
ed from mo tlyrojif,li my marriage Is
niy husband." Life.
"Our office boy dropped Into poetry
yesterday." "How was that?" "The
literary editor kicked him Into the
waste basket." Cleveland Leader.
"Ma!" "What is it?" "la the stuff
In that bottlo :iy rum?" "Mercy, no!
It's mucilage." "I guess that's why 1
can't get my cap oft." Cleveland
Leader. 7
Scribbles Wright's new book, "Life
In the Slums" failed to mako a hit, I
hear. Dribbles Yes. He had no Idea
of poverty only poverty of ideas.
Chicago Daily News.
"Do you deal In second-hand auto
mobiles? If you do, I want to sell you
mine." "Yes. sir. we do. How long
have you had your machine?" "Since
this morning." Life.
Indlndy Are you aware, Mr. Ski
doo, that tho less one eats the longer
one lives? Mr. Skidoo (with his
mouth full) Sure! But what's tho use
of living that way? Judge.
"What's de oP deacqn doing'?"
"Prayln' for a Thanksglvln' turkey."
"Reckon he'll get it?" "Well, It's
'cordln' ter how high de turkey
roosts! "Atlanta Constitution.
"So you still think that every man
hag his price?" "Yep," answered
Senator Sorghum. "And a lot of the
little fellows manage to do some
scandalous overcharging." Washing
Star. Citiman Yjpi don't have many vis
itors out here, do you? Subbubs O!
yes; coming and going nearly every
day. Cltlman Mostly women, I sup
pose, Subbubs Yes; servant glcls?""
Philadelphia Press. '
"Mr. Colly what Er did your sister
sy anything after I called yestorday
afternoon, Ethel? Ethel No, she's
joined the "Count-Ten-Before-You-Spoak
League," but she looked fierce.
Chicago Dally News.
Painter "What model are you go
ing to get to pose for your statue of-'
Fallen Greatness? Sculptor Have
not decided yet whether it'll be a life
Insurance president or a political
boss. Detroit Free Press. s
"Mr. Blnx out?" aked the caller.
"Yes," answered the junior partner.
"When will he be back?" "I don't
know. Blnx doesn't know. Nobody
knows. Ho went out on his new auto-
moMle." Washington Star.
"Well," said Nuritch, showing Kan
dor through his new house, "what do
you think of the lurnishln's?" "They
show a great deal of taste," replied,
Kandor. '"Ah, think so?" "Yes, but
it's all bad." Philadelphia Press.
"Do you think the Panama Canal
will be a good thing? I don't
know," answered Mr. Dusttn Stax.
"There is so much prejudice against ,
graft that good things are getting
scarcer every year." Washington
Star. . , ... 4,
Publisher The trouble with you Is
that you don't spend enough time ov
er your work. This last novel of
yours seems unfinished. . Author .
But you wanted It In a hurry. Pub
lisherTrue. But you might have
spent a couplo of days more on it.
Town and Country.
"I think," said the man who Is pol-
Itlcally ambltiouB, "that I will succeed
In convincing our friends that my
money is not tainted." "That Isn't
the- point just now," answered Senav
tor Sorghum. "The first thing ijs to
convince them that you've really got
the money." -Washington Star.
Shepherd What are all volunteers
doing out today? Volunteer They're
all out scouting. Shepherd And what
are you doing? Volunteer I'm scout
ing, too. Shepherd And '. What Is
scouting, pleasot Volunteer Weel,
to tell the truth, -1 dlnna . ken, but
we're "a' on the ' scout together!
Punch. a
; "Why don't you put a stop to-the ' .
mad career of these railways? asked : f
the man who Is always Indignant. "My "r
dear sir," answered Senator Sorghum,
"I haven't thought of it. But there is
no sense in a man standing on the'
track and defying the locomotive,
when he might just as well be In a
parlor car looking at the scenery."
Washington Star.
"I believe," said Mrs. Oldcastle,
"that what a boy Is depends largely
upon his environment" "I know It,"
replied her hostess as she carelessly
toyed with her Jewel box. "There
was my cousin Ebonezer's boy. He
never knew what It waa to have a
well day until the doctors found out
that It was bis environment, and cut
it out"rChlcago Record Herald
Proof.
Naggsby When a man and his wife
think the same thoughts simultaneous
ly !t Is a sign that thoy are exceeding
ly cqngt;nlal.
Waggsby Sot Well, then, my wife
nnd I are congenial, all right, tor the
other night, when she said that she
wntilered why1 I'd ever been such a
fool os to marry her, I had been sit
ting there In silenco for half an himr
wondering over tho same lilentUal
thing 1mdon Tit Hits.
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