NKLIN PRESS, MI.UM15 xxr. FRANKLIN. N. C W KDNKSDA V. APRIL 4, 1906, THE FRA 1 Zshf Return m Ty SUSAN KEAUNd GUASPELL. "Seems a little loneljr at times, mother." "Now, pa, you know It's all for the best." "I ain't arguing It ain't all for the best. I was saying It was a littio lonely that's ail." Mrs. Freo pulled the big wooden rocking-chair up nearer the stovo, which was, teaiiing a warm glow ; Into the room, and took up the soft . white wool which rho was to trans form Into "ono of tlnsa shoulder : things" for Rhode Rhoda would need euch things now that she was in the city. But instead of beginning her work She turned a little in her chair and ' looked out at the broad expanse of white. The hills were all cold and shining, and more snow was even now flying In the air. Winter had come in earnest. "Of course, mother," said the old farmer, with a quiet, kindly sort of hu mor in bis voice, "you ain't ever loac ' some." "When I do get lonesome, pa," she Bald, picking up her work, "I just keep ' thinking how it's all for the best and that's consoling." ' John Free walked over to the win dow. "If Rhoda was home now and was teaching the school, I'd just about be putting Nellie to the cutter. Rhoda Uever did much walking over bad toads when I was round." "And Rhoda appreciated it, pa." said Mrs. Free, after a pause in which she bad been silently counting stitches. "Rhoda was the best teacher they ever had round here." And then, as r'ffe was sVriffWi'S stitches and "la not answer, he continue gressively, "Everybody says thai 'Fourteen fifteen sixteen. You never heard me say. pa, Rhoda wasn't good teacher. All I said was a girl ;. Who could sing like Rhoda had no business teaching the Hickory drove chool or any other, for that maher " "Brother Wllllims says there ain't the same Inspiration In his preaching now that Rhoda's left the choir; and I will say," his voice sank to the tone of one making a confession, "that wane t go to church to worship the ")ra, tne worshipping was a little Well, a little more pleasant like, I night say, when Rhoda was there." , "More than one has said that," re marked Mrs. Free, complacently. i never snw i 1 in way whole community leaned on Jhoda Twas Rhoda this and Rho- kt! Nothing from a barn-raising funeral could go on without her. can't ever say our Rhoda was with her singing, mother." guess our Rhoda wouldn't be her hughter If she was Mingy with g," said Mrs. Free, quietly. had a way of saying these when least expected, and they ailed to be disconcerting. "Now counting on that having nny- do with it," he said nwkward- )r," he went on, after listrn- Intly to "thirteen fourteen flxteen," "shall you ever for- fshe sang 'Lead Kindly Light' Powers' funeral? Seems like times 1 ever beard her, that most moving." Ift wool fell to Mrs. Free s lap. .80 sympathetic," she said, lee chuckled. " 'Pears to me t't be her mother's daughter n't some sympathetic." Gn-fteen sixteen Jurn." only response. I might as well be about the Does seem like this winter Ing to be mighty long." , pa, don't he so restless four- teen sixteen I bet ! that's 'rod by the window, putting on fy coat. "Looks like Fred Bar- (itter coming, he remarked, hoda was home it wouldn't be where he was making ked Mrs. Free. ..'long pretty brisk. Cold ikon. He s got some one In ain't a man. Moth- Is of bands were tumbling a Rhoda got out of the sleigh, arrled In the valise, how Fred t got away without being so as asked In, they never quite It was all a strange whirl, and e door was shut, the Bligh-bells ay, and Rhoda, after one frightened look round the old threw herself Into her mother's f hat,, snowy coat and all; and flurst from her" the wild, uncon jde sobs which follow a long, bit train. I mother stood holding her in ut Jlence she was a mother, and she t that was beat. But when John I could bear it ho longer, ho put Id on the girl's shoulder, and said inly, bis own rugged face wet with "Rhoda, girl, you're home now. liatter what's happened, it's all rid"1 now." raised her head then and grop 6' ed V her father's hands. "It was a mistake," she moaned, plteously, "a mistake! "New, what's a mistake?" said John Free. "1 Just want to know." "Mother," cried the girl, her voice till tick with sobs, "It's gone! Our dream's gone, mother! I I oh, I can't sAg!" She sank to a chair, her headell to the table, and sobs such as the oA room bad never heard be fore crowded upon one another in bot, passionate succession, "BometSng'8 . happened to your J 6 M - i flfRhnHn I :: IT! voice, Rhoda?' asked the old farm- er, timidly. She grew more quiet then. "0S, no, pa," she said, "nothing's happened to It. It never was there-. I never could sing." "Wei, I guess we know better than that! And whoever said " "Now, pa," broke In Mrs. Free, "this Is no time for arguing. Come right up to the fire, Dodie, and we'll get off those wet things and get a good, hot drink. You'l take your death of cold sitting there as though no one cared whether you were wet or dry!" After her feet were warm, and sho had taken the hot tea her mother had made for her, and the old surroundings had taken a little of the sting from her wound, the girl began casting about in her mind for words which would not distress her parents. They were sitting on each side of her, eager to know, and yet reluctant to ask ques tions which would bring pain, their sorrow, after all, tempered with glad ness because she was at home. "You see, pa," she began, quietly, "there are no really great singers" round here. I am the best there Is, and so, because I can sing a little, MIjs Parsons all of us, made a mistake and thought I had a great voice, when I haven't." 'Hut I can't see" began the old farmer. "Now, pa," protested his wife, "just let Rhoda tell it." "The city is full of good singers. mother. They come from all over the country. There are thousands of them who can sing better than I can." "Now I don't believe that!" cried her father, slapping his knee hard." e to believe it, pa, for my le of tho best In the whole so. did he? Well, what had you make him mad? There's behind It!" no, pa. And yon mustn't resent was very kind of him. He have gone on taking our money long time, but he didn't, you see. was very good." "Huml" grunted John Free, dubi ously. "And he was so very kind about It. It was after my lesson, and I was Stnnding there, putting on my gloves, Ahen he looked over at me in a strange kind of way aiid 'aS'ke'd fSB irasfrwmArr' hoped to make of my voice. I didn't quite know what to say, and then he asked me pointblank if I expected to make money out of it, to make back the money 1 was putting into It then he asked me something about our cir cumstances, here at home. oh, very kindly, pa," as an angry exclamation burst from the old farmer. "and when I told him we wern't rich, that that it bad been an effort, you know, ho looked at me very queerly, and then ho sat down and told me tho truth." She hesitated, and then went on with a .little catch In her voice: "And In spite of all I've suffered. I thank him from the bottom of my heart." Her mother reached over and took one of her hands. "Just what did ho say, Dodie?" "Merely that it wasn't great, mother; that It wasn't worth the money we would have to put Into it. He says voltes can be made now with out much to start on, but It tnkes a long time and a great expenditure, and when there are so many who have have something good to begin with, why, my voice would bring us nothing but disappointment. And I can see that he's right. "He says it's a nice little home voice," shJ went on, trying to smile, "but that Is all It ever will be, you know, and I can't afford to pay five dollars a lesson for don't you see, mother?" Mrs. Free only pressed her child's hnnd tighter, fighting the lump which kept rising In her own throat. "I wasn't very philosophical about it at first," continued the girl, her voice shaking us If It might give way with any word. "Of course I didn't cry or make any fuss before him. and I told him so, and that I wouldn't take any 'nore lessons. Oh he was so good about It! He told me that we couldn't all have great voices in this world; that It wasn't our fault of we didn't ave them, and that If we did the best !vo could with what we hud, there was nothing to be ashamed of. He shook hands with me, and said he had liked me so much, and that It was just be cause he liked me he had told me. "I knew that what he said was true about our only being expected to do our best with what we had, and yet 0 mother! mother! yon know how foolish I've been! You know how I've stood up In our little church, and dreamed it was a great city church with thousands of people you know how I've gone to sleep at night dream ing I was taking great armfuls of flow ers, whilo people clapped and clapped to bear me sing again! Mother, you know!" and Bho pressed the worn hand she held close to her cheek, while the hot tears ran down her tired, white face. "When was all this?" demanded her father, his voice gruff with the effort to keep back the tears. Rhoda hesitated. "Ten days ago," she said, at last "And where undor the sun have you been ever since?" She pushed backed her bair wearily. "I've been trying to work In a store and I was almost as dismal a failure at that as I was as a prima donna." "Now, Rhoda how could youT" cried her mother. "Oh, you don't taow the feeling I had! 1 wanted to come home, and yet 1 Just couldn't. It teemed like eoming home defeated. ' It seemed I just must do something in the city, and so one of the girls got me a place in store." She paused, and then laughed the nearest to a natural laugh they bad heard since her return. "I was an aw ful clerk! I hated It! The air was so bad, and some of. the people were so "You'l .B leach' city, si "Hod, domwto soniolng it It mfcht k(r a lie snlpy and horrid. And then, father, one night I came homo with my head and feet both aching, and all tired and sick, and I found your letter about Mr. Chllds wishing I was home to take the school, and about you and mother be ing so lonesome, and and that letter brought me home." John Free cleared his throat and looked over at his wife with an air which defied contradiction of rebuke. "It's a curious thing," ho said, "that I was telling your mother th!s very afternoon that I had nine-tenths of a notion to go and telegraph Rhoda to come home. I I ain't feeling any too well this winter." "Aren't you. n-j?' sheas';?'!, in quick concern. "What seems" "Oh, I'll be all right now" he hasten ed to say, and lsoked boldly over at his wife. He went out to see about the chores I then, and the girl sat down and talk- 1 courso of his remarks ho said that ed her heart out to her mother. When ' he believed that many dairymen at it cama time to get sunper, she went ' tempt to fe?d too economically. Tho about some of her oil duties naturally, average cow wants all she can eat. almost gaily, and she mere than once j The first thing she does with her food brought joy to her mother's heart by Is to repair to the wastes of the bajy, letting her htuh ring gUdly out i all excess going toward the production through the old kitchen. "Mother," shs called from the win dow, where she was standing beating an egg, "where under the sun Is father going this time of night? He's got Nellie hitched up, and he's goligofi!" "Now I do ray!" cried Mr.i. Free, and hurried to the door to enter pro test, but cniy In lime to rce her hus- J containing protein are n:t raised on band wave Us hand in provoking ' our farms in uuffie'ent quantities to fashiou nnl drive away. balar.ee the others. ("beer, alfalfa "Well, if that isn't funny!" laughed and bran are very good protein b nr tho girl, and went on beating the egg. ! era, but tho food tint baa the must When he came back, about half an ' prote in is cottonseed r.i:al. It is hour later, he sat by tho Are and also probably tho chiapest source of watched Rhoda set the table. "Joe ' protein. Next cheapest are oil und Chllds was mighty tickled," he gluten meals. The speaker also said chuckled, at last She put down the sugar-bowl with a thump. "Nov.-, father, where have you beeu?" "Hum! Guess I've got a right e go about my own business, 1 had an er-rand-up to Joe Chilcls', and while there while there," he repeated, eyeing her cnllon that you were home and say. he JT''d riL'ht out of his rh:lr. and waved his arms and shouied at tue, 'Loik here, John Free, will Rhoda teach our school?' and I replied that you might consider It." "Now father! " She laid the knives nnd forks round, and then stood there, locking at him with eyes a littio misty. 'Hut it is nice to feel you're back where some one wants you, where where you're a suc cess," she said, tremulously. "Never was a teacher round here like you," said John Free. It was after they had finished sup per and the dishes were cleared away and washed, and Rhoda was sitting by the table, reading, while her mother sat" clCSe-aV'trartrr. trtrrriUlS, upon the soft wool thing, that the old farm shifted In his chair and began, a trifle nervously: "If it makes you feel bad, Rhoda, don't think about it; but many a night I've sat here before I went to bed, and tried to think how it would seem to hear your voice In my ears again, and" "Now, pa." broko from his wife, "how can you?" j "Tomorrow, father," said Rhoda, terniulously. "All right just as you say," nnd the old man turned back to the fire. For a long time Rhoda sat there, pretending to read, but not srelng a word. She was thinking of what the teacher had told her of doing the best she could with what she had, thinking how kind they bad been to her In her hotne-c onting--Low they had made It almost happy, inste.ul of sad. She was thinking that to them her voice would always be beautiful that the world's cold shoulder could not thrust away a faith born of love. She rose then and walked over to the little organ which stood In one corner. "I will sing a little, pa," she said, "It you want me to." t They drew their chairs round where 1 tbey could soc her, and waited for her to begin. Her mother's face was wet . with tears, and the old tanner put his hand to his mouth and coughed. Rhoda sat at the organ for several i minutes In silence, her hands resting on the keys, wondering what to sing, , wondering if disappointment had not ruined all the voice she ever had. And ; then it seemed that the spirit of that , home, that little country home where j there was love and peace, wrapped her ! i - .,, . i. i IUIJIIU "I," .......... ,She raised her head, and her voice, sweet and tender, carried out Into the j old room, to the two faithful hearts, the beautiful, never old words: "Mid pleasures nnd palaces though we may roam. Be It ever so humble, titer's no place like home. A charm from the skies seems to hal low us there, Which, sought through the world, is ne'er mA with elsewhere." Rhoda had never sung bo well be fore, for she was singing out her grati tude and love singing out her heart's thankfulness fcr this refuge from the stress nnd Borrows of the world. Youth's Companion. Not to Be Freshly Informed. A tall old lady, dressed In block, and with a very businesslike manner, walked Into a well-known establish ment and, declining the service of the shop walker, made directly for the crepe counter. She had rather a thoughtful air as she examined the stock, and the obliging young shop man remarked affably. "We have a very large stock of crepes, madam. Just allow me to show you some new French goods, 'very popular Just now for every kind Of mourning. Now, these tight crepes are all the' rage for half-mourning for cousins. May may I ask, madam," he added, hesitatingly, "for whom you are In mourning?" ; "Husband," . said the customer, briefly. "Ah, yes. Then I have Just the ma teria!" you require; the best style Is 1 "Young man," interposed the old lady, severely, "I am much obliged tor your explanation. TuU may know a lot about the fenhlon, tint, 'as, I buried my fourth hnsband yesterday, you may be sure I've got a grip bt thf abject" The Balanced Ration. This was tho title of tho subject al lotted to a speaker at one of tho auxiliary meetings of tho MicMgm Stato Dairyman's Association. In tho of mill;. He advised a liberal supply of different kinds of feed. Feed all that (he cow will eat, but show some? discrimination as to kind of feed. A cow In order to give milk should have flcsh-nourlshlng foods and heat-forming foods. Good f, -odors always have enough heat producing foods. Foods that lie had use I corn silage nnd col li nsced meal last year nnd found it I very patlsfnetnry ration. Caring for Harr.cis. In lii'i with the Siigsestiois before gUen about having place in the barn on which to bang llic hntut'ssj Is the nlan of kr-i ivim in r::ti;ns on hand iiinl ;inj. repair the lr.rness so that it will have the loiigiV possible leas" of life, if til" harness i's very sol Ice and stiff tlie best way of ':;ttlns it In prime condition is to Inks it ap.irt lit every place where It is fastened by a buckle and soaking it .in water which has been a trtf warmed. Then lake a stiff br,:sh, n sfl.all scrubbing brush will answer 111- pur pose, and scrub cai !i part of the harness thoroughly. Then spread it out to dry and If any portion 1s still sticky :.: i ub it c.'.'iin. To sofl"n and preserve t'.ie leather notl.ing is bettor than neafs-foi.t oil. which Is readily obtained. Apply a small quantity to the harness and rub It In thnroitgltly with the hand. In lb" ib-;en.-e of this oil use sweet After thoroughly oiling seoMhat . - i. . .ma iW. rod tiwewirfi.1. siihtw none of the si itches Is broken at tho S(,nm3. Twice or Ihre? times a year ... overhnulinr; the harness as suggest- f() w!1 ifcp t in such condition that it will b't !nr y?ms longer than when carelessly lis News. treated in'.irnapj- Giirding Co'n fo- Ho-u. There is such a variation in results ef ex): Timents conducted to ascer tain whether II is best to grind feed for hogs that the Individual feeder Is left to be his o'.va judge and to ascertain for himself whether It pays best to grind the f ed or to food II whole. My op rienco has beeu that young animals will rl'.e'.v their feed better than old ones and that almost any ho'; will chew crn very well be fore It drier, cut. Whl'e young hogs will chew dry corn reasonably well old ones nre liable to p-iss half the grains unbrob.cn in their voidlngs. Last year I undertook to fatten a stag five years old and afi r the crn got dry he did not, from appearance, break half th grains. I am now fattening a r.cv about the same ago and the same is tr ie with her. I nm feeding her ground feed now, however, nnd feel pretty sure that it pays mu to go to the trouble of grinding It. If the grains are not broken It is a clear case that the animal will not ret much benefit from the feed, nnd when any considerable quantity ol , ..i.i,i ...I,,.,... nl,aa,lrr g"'M " " the animal It would seem to be the best P' have the feed ground. 0 course it will be somo trouble and cost to grind tl,c u't,(1. but If tho animals are not chewlnc their feed well the extra troublo will be amply repaid in extra grain f'.oM the same amount of feed. J. P. Fletcher in the Indiana Farm er. How to Mate Fowls. The mating of the fowls Is of great Importance to the true fancier, and should receive careful attention from him. The experienced and success ful fancier well knows Kb Importance, and realizes that upon his knowledge of the same much of his success de pends. Many a season's work has been a failure, . from a fancier's standpoint, simply because of mis takes In mating. The stock may have been good but not well mated, and the result therefore was a failure. To the beginner It may seem that by mating his highest scoring male with his highest scoring females he has made his best possible mating nd can confidently look for good re sults in their progeny. This may at times prove correct, but not always; It depends upon cir cumstances. No bird is perfect, and therefore must have Its faulty points as well as its good points. How to mate a male bird having a faulty comb with females with a like de lect, we must not expect the outcome to be good; for the offspring are apt :o come with this detect mugninea, (Ve should not expect good results from mating a male and a female with the same defect, for we will not get ny but bad results. It require but little thought for one to plainly see this, and cause him or her to say that with such a male one must mate fe males having good1 combs of .good re sults In that direction to be ex pected. You may see by so doing you will not always obtain good re sults or bad, but you will not always have bad chicks. To obtain chicks s near perfection as can be got, al- ways breed from the very best ttock that can be obtained. J. A. Roadruclf la the Indiana Farmer. Vitality of CoeJ. The vitality of seed depeno.. partly on lis manner of harvesting and partly on tho way It Is preserved. Imported seed is rarely so full of vitality as American grown seed. The reoiat climnte of Europe and the sea voyage Injure It. Se?d kept In air tirht packages, cnpclally if stored before It Is "bans dry," loses Its life. Pec Is differ greatly In the time they will ulain their g-rminativo power. Cr.bhagc and turnips can bo safely planted the third year, and will retnin so.no vitality up to seven or eight jvars. ferrets, r-srs'cy, spinach nnd pnrsa'p.i have low vitality after two years, and frch seeds are much to be pivfcrird. I'm umbers, melons, etc.. will retain a vitality of To percent up to tho third year. l'tppor nnd egg plant re of lilllo value a'lor the first year. II els a--- ilvir best the first and e 'ltd yoe.r. hut have been known to ;.ro.v a crop at eight years of age. l ettuce is good for four years, but cilery is not sife to plant after the first y nr. Tomato, when well cured, Is good for two or I'aree years. F'i a i and ln-nvs are pood for two yee.r.i. and if w 11 cured may grow the third year. Weil cured Hint corn will give n r0 percMit stand the third year. Dent C M'U and sugar r'irn are of weaker vitality, and new seed should always be ptanlol. Buzzes. Store tho honey product In a cool, dry plana. Tin re Is little if any better honey plant than alike clover." A bcekeper tt:nn!ly gets what he works for. no nnre. no I- ss. See that your bees this winter kept dry and warm with plenty food. For every pound of comb It titrated It costs the boes of honev I a k. ep lle.unt honey Horn be- coming candled, Real It up hot like you would fruit. I Do not hold the new honey back. I Sell It as soon as possible for It will ' sell better when fresh. I Many beekeepers reserve un- ' furnished sections and place bees In hlcs that are short on winter stores. I Qcynless and weak colonies of anv kind should In- united for winter- ' ing. In uniting take nway all but ono j queen. If you are not prepared to look af- j ter your bees properly you bod better get rlil of them, as they will never make you a profit uneared for. Success In beekeeping must bo gained by actual experience. Olhers may supply f rets, but l':e results, I even if they agree, must be tho work of experience. ' Keep the dark nnd ill flavored eon:b off the market. Feed It back to the bees, sell It to tho baker, do , anything with it. but don't put It where It will kill tho sale of honey, ! good or bad alike. The liblquitous Drumm?r. Many an uncommercial traveler has been surprised on encountering. In seme out-of-the-way part, of the world, the American drummer on business bent. Probably few have been more amazed than was an Englishman, Mr. John F. Kc-ane, who met two of them in Arabia. Keane was on a pilgrimage to Mec ca. Carefully disguised as a Moham medan, hiding In (ho retinue of an African prince, and dally believing himself in Imminent danger of his life, Keane at last reached the tomb of Mohammed. And there he found imn nimmont tvntcal Americans. who scorned disguises nnd had trav eled to Mecca clothed in flanneht and checked trousers, nnd wearing Pana ma hats. They were on the best terms with the leaders of the faithful, and were prosecuting their mission with the most complete success. "As a result," said Keane, on his ireturn to England, "the tomb of Mo hammed and the streets of Mecca are now Illumined with 'low-flash' Ameri can oil." Vegetable Medicines. Turnip, onions, cabbage, cauliflower. water cress and Loresradlsh contain sulphur. ' Potato, salts of potash. French benns and lentils give Iron. Water cress, oil, Iodines, Iron phos phate and other salts. -Spinach, salts of potassium and irou. Food specialists rate this the most precious of vegetables. Cabbage,' cauliflower and spinach are beneficial to aenaemlc people. Tomatoes stimulate) the healthy ac tion of the liver. . Asparagus benefit the kidneys. Celery for Teumatism and .neural gia,.. - It Is claimed that carrot form blood and beautifies the skin. - It is claimed that carrots forms Mood nd improve the appetite. j' Lettuce for tired nerves. j. Parsley, mustard, cowslip, horse radish, dock, dandelion and beet tops clerr the Wood, regulate the system and remove that tlrjsd feeling so pecu liar to spring. Washington Star. SMors than 624.600 acres of the col ot India are devoted to the raising of I Ufa. , - f X! '1HE PULPIT. BRILLIANT SUNDAY SERMON THE RtV. W. S. BAER. 61 tnWrl: " tlirlFllan Ule." r.rooklyn, N. Y.-The Rev. Wlnflclil PcoU Utter, who camo from Urace Cliuivh. .Sandusky. O.. to assume the ivolot ybip of fit. tii-urge's Church,, si n r.ie.u of ullVitcllve personiillty and an cxcelleat speaker. Ilia subject Suuday Liiirning was "Christian I.lfe." His text was fran IVnlius xxit:l-2: "I will lift up mini- eyes unto I lie bins from whence ctmtcih ir.y help. My l:o!p coine'th from the Lord, who made hcu.cn au.l canh." .Mr. User said: It is frutn lite heights thai wu gain our ('ides: vUimi. It Is from llitf heights of human ultaiiiinent that we see life most truly. To gain llies heights we need to gi where Christ I'M o. imbed. 'I here ave certain luei ilenls In His lite which preserve to us the inliniale conne.-tion between the' truth n( His lite and 'lie place where ItMvns teveaied In lis Inline. Let us till tip our eyes unto Hie bills, from whence i oii:i'ili uttr belli. l.p into u mount, with a few chosen iic. pies, lie went by night to pray. In ll:e ilaikiicss of ilie night liui.se j wlio ;i , en ii i hi n ieit Hint Lelield a V'siou. lieore thorn was the Sou of Man, transfigured, witli sbiui ig face and ;,ii iiiem mi ;i',u. 1 lieu lucre CI 1UH j a loice from Ifml, "This is my beloved Son. bear Hiie." j lln-.v otli'ii in Ike days In conic must they have recalled that vision with joy. How often in the night of their ; purpii'Mty. when they questioned what lo i!o, must they have beard the voiio, "This is my Sun, hear Him." Their brethren saw not the vision, heard not the voice. In the valley below tbey I slept. They bad not been asked to go wi.'li their Master, and they did right lo rest their wearied l mines for (lie ! work of the nmmiw. Hut those who went Willi it i in saw the vision and : beard the voice which declared to them that whatever oilier teachers were, or had taught, the perfect now ; was come, nnd the Imperfect was done away. The glory of the morning star is swallowed up in the light of the sun, which it foretells. So, day by day, these u eu saw in Him (he trans figuration of humanity, the gkiry of a life lived with the Father; they heard the voice of Hint Father saying, "This Is my Sou, hear Mini," nnd knew In Christ the perfection of sonshlp as Coil Intended It to be. Is Ibis a vision of past history? A pave torn from the biography of Jesus or Nnznreth? Is this a day when I here is no vision, and no prophet; Is this the mount of (iod far nway, and must one journey to the Holy Land to see it? Nay; since lie trod the earth, all Innds are holy, and we may ! go into the mount, mny gain a vision nnd hear a voice. For the clorv of Christ Is not dimmed, nor the voice iod stilled. As one looks back vista of centuries ntnl he force which has uplifted dawns upon hltu for an- ; of t !i 3 transfigured : seeks r the highest inspiration of brush and chisel, again, clearer or dimmer, ss ho mny see, there stands before him the vision of the, transfigured man. As he gazes at glorious cathedrals, wondering at Hie greatness of the work and the beauty of the art. again the Son nf Man ap pears ns the Alpha and Omega, the beginning of the iuspirntlen, the end of all the faith. All, ye -, and one need not go to tn erpieces of urt to discern tlie transfigured man. Closer nnd nearer is He to us In II. e than in canvas or In stone. Wherever man kueils down In prayer, wherever in thought he lifts up his heart to Hod, wherever in time of meditation ho goes npt.rt to be with the Father, there conies a vision of (ransllgiired mini, glowing with tho glory of Cod. The young man looking out Into ne world, the old man wnlt lug his ''.minions h.iinc, each ninv have Ills vision nnd must have It, if he would do his work r.right. How sail cur life as Christians would be If all we did was daily roiiiu, of duty on the treadmill of exisletue. How long the days -ould be; how j yless the tnsk, with our song at best a stoic chant. How glad when weary work was done, nnd near.v eyes were closed, and weary hnniis were folded nn the breast. Hut that Is not the ( hristian lile. It Is life nnd more abundant, with ts outlook nnd He hope. In study of the Scrip tures. 11 iniislms h hi n the heart is too tull for speech, lu hours 01 worshlu when hearts and voices nre upraised to (Jod,. there may come to us a vision of strength, ot truth, of the better man to be, the answer to all our pant ing and throbbing desires to come into the fullness ot life. It may be dim, because our eyes are dull. But as our eyes grow brighter, the Indistinctness fades nway Into tlie glory of the transfigured mau 'Tirlst Jesus. The vision of mau Is given to us In Him. We long, too, for knowledge of God; as we creep up "(lie great altar stairs which slope through darkness up to God," far, far above us we see the light of the eternal glory. And ns we draw nearer, the light resolves Itself into the face of the transfigured One. "We have (he kuowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ," In whom God graciously veiled Hit brightness that our weak eyes might see. Our fullest vision of God and our clearest vision of man are had In Hlm, We may see Hlm lu life of nobleman snrt pure woman as we walk through the streets. We may suddenly be brightened In the darkness of a home of sin by a glimpse of Christ shining through the life of one who lives with Hltu. Let ns ever seek for that vision. of Christ in the life of our fellows, sod if we seek, we shall find. But let ut remember that it is well to take time with Him In worship, In family prayer, 'wnere two or three are gathered to gether, In our own communing with the Father, ns we go apart In the mount of prayer, which is the mount of vision, the mount ot glory. Another vision, not now on mountain high, npart from others, with veil of alght drawn down, but in light of day on littio knoll by side of road where throngs from the city pass. Three crosses reared black against the sky, aud the form of Him In the midst it as the form ef Him who was transfigured 011 the munt. When He came down from the mount of transfiguration He met Hit disciples at the foot of the htU surrounded by curious and disputing crowd. There was a strife of tongues; there was neea ana sorrow- 01 mu, there vat weaknest of Ills followers. The call wts made on Him, and the demon wat expelled, sorrow was done way, the distressed through tils Strength wat restored to peace, Thlt was the epitome of Bit lite. Theu He set Hit face steadfastly to go to Jerusalem. Prom vision to service; from coramuulon with God to service of man: from transfiguration to cruci fix lou. Hit life wat life of ter rice. He came not to be -ministered untot but to minister; He wat teacher, a preacher, setter forth of God nd man In word and 11 r. He ministered to men's bodies; He enlightened their in i ml : He cleansed their souls; Ho strengthened tbeiu to realize the Ideal which Ills whole life was pouring out for mail in sacrificial love, ns He hum bled Himself and became poor that we uilglrt become eternally rich; He gave Himself up to dentil for us miserable sinners that wo might have eternal life. The depth of sin shows the height of Ills love. The Cross of Cal vary Is the offering up of self for otber.. As we know well there I wondrous strife of tongues. From every quarter there nre questionings. Old forms of belief are loslug power, but the old be lief, we know, is not. It still inspires and uplifts, because li is life lu (iod. Change is on the face of the earth; new slid strange things lire taught, sometimes even as the gospel of Christ; the seejhlng waters of life rush to nnd fro, and at times one Is templed lo be lieve that there is a reversion to chaos in spiritual things. We pass from this church, where we nre gathered to wor ship (Jod Willi (he voice of thanksgiv ing and melody, the sound of prayer nnd praise, or we go from the quiet silence of our m'"' it a lien, which was all tilled with tiod's voice, inlo our life with other men. They may have no In terest In Ihese things, or best It may he an Intellect,,:'! or speculative Inter est. They are very critical In that babel lo wh.ui shall wo listen, whnt voice will still the djep nnd make .1 great cnlni? What but the old voice cf the Transfiguration: "This is my Son, bear Him." Study His words In asci-rlain the truth to meet the inquiries of lean's mind.. Hut with all the study that we c-u give It ' tii' can never emi.c to 'lie truth of Hint : which .lo taught iinlil In our life we i live the i 'c of soreice. ns He; He I served; tberefote is lie great. It Is 11 ' Idessjd privilege tu be 011 the mount with Hod. Inn the vision must pass Inlo service, as we go down, and by Words and life dechire the vision which we Imve had nf Irulli 11111I love. It will mean cost. If He found Hint service of olhers meant ',).;, I.ltlcr (rial and weariness of In ly mi l mind, can wo e:;p:cl (hat as His followers we shall have naught lu c:i'!;ire? Mny (here net be far in mlsuiidcrstuiulin.';, temptations from lorliuie and power ami ambition? May there, not be hard ships for us, does service cost naught? It cost 11 i in lee cross. And the dis ciple is nut nbove Lis Master. I'lil nearer we come tn reilizing Hie vision of the perfect 111:1 a the closer we draw to Calvary in tlie nlT-riiig up of self for others. This mount of service and sacrifice is not far away, inaeccssililu peak cupped Willi the everlasting snow. The service Is here, where throng C men pass to and fro; it is a lowly mount, the mount of service; lu tho turmoil anil dust of the streets, ninom; busy men thronging the city of mar., which should be the city of Hod. it is lowly, yea, but bard to climb. Easier far to go up on mount of prayer nnd gain tlie vision of what we ought to be than in life of service to lie what wo ought. Hut thanks bo to Him who is with us on Calvary as on Trans figuration. His spirit strengthens and helps lis nnd enables ns tn offer our selves a living sacrifice, holy, accept able unto Hod. ".My help coineth from sen ns, neatbj Nav. Christianity Ts not n .law ot death, but n law of life. Hiidilhisin mny hope to escape lifp, but Christ cnine that we might have life, nnd have it more abundantly. Christianity is life, not death. A few weeks after the crucifixion, on another niimiit, was n gathering of men with loving eyes tixul on 1 1 i in who was the centre of tho group; and His form was as the form of Iliin wlio had I een nailed to the cross, the same, yet changed. Giving t hem His command, and His benedic tion. He ascended inlo heaven. Vision, service, life not vision, sacrifice, den Hi. Through His obedience to what He knew to t right, through j His translation inio a life or service i of the perfect vision, which He had, I He had come into the higher life, and I is seated on the throne with God. It was the lining end and glorious con summation of such a life, the crowning with the glory of nianiincti. fulfilled nnd ennobled to Us greatest height. The law of snciitice is not the law of death, but the law nf spiritual life. He that lo.-elh bis life for My sake, tinileth it. lie thai biiuibleth bioirelf is exalted, lie that bendelh down iu love, nscemlelli up lu glory. For the u ntil of I he Mount of Ascen sion Is a higher life for man Into which lie comes through vision nnd throui.li service. Is it wrong t wish to uso aright these powers which we feel within; is it wrong to long for a fuller life than that which now we have; must we be content with what we nre In spiritual attainment. In character? Nay, if we be Christians, we cannot 1 lie content, as we behold the hills of 1 Transfiguration nnd Calvary, of vision and sacrifice, and on the hill of Ascen- ! slon behold manhood crowned by God ; In a fuller nud larger life than that I which ear'h affords, with clearer range . of vision, with larger realm of service, with richer glory of the man, as He , conies more mm more lino tue likeness of Ills Lord nnd Saviour Jesns Christ. Love. Nothing Is sweeter than love, nothing stronger, . nothing higher, nothing broader, nothing better, either In heaven or eiirtb; because love is born of God, and, rising nbove all created things, can find its rest in Him alone. Thomas a Kempls. Poiina by Proxy. - - , . Any one who knows now long takes the average portrait painter to make his preliminary stuaies portrait may well wonder how tho fashionable woman of the social world ever finds time to spare for the long and tedious sittings. The answer to this problem Is easy, once you know the rules of the game. She doesnt find the time. The artist has to get over that by hiring a model to pose for his eltter tor the details of the painting ot the subject's frock and while the accessories are being brush ed In. , Unless the gown It an unusual one the model hire one of the same col or and material s that In which the titter is to be represented; an all pink satin, for example, It aUke. or looks alike, when the artist flnlthes hit Idea, of It. Of course, If the cot tume U a special one, Uke that In which Alexander painted Mrs. Clar ence Mackay last year, and which the wore to the famous James Haten Hyde ball, the model hat to don that for the time being.' Sometimes tor standing figure an artist will drape a lav figure, but If he It at til conscientious he doee not like to do that fc to him the. It never the tame feeling of life bout the tet of draperies. But, however, be gett around It, tlrere It one thing certain no society woman undergoes the tiresome straltf o posing tor the whole wort-New York Frees. THE GAME. If 11 Itwly mflt a bndy Cut tin";: its n N'pnl a Imitv nll a , Fur hi Lwnt !i of mat? Fviylmiy who can do It's i'mtinvr up n fiont, Ar.d he v. in the game makes a Base till of a tumt. Y, L. V. In Puck. Mrs. Henpecque Married men live longer than Finglo men. Henpecque Ye; mul it serves them right. Detroit Free Press. Ecth 1) you think yon can hit rabbit? Josie Depends where the rabbit la when the gun goes off. Philadelphia Telegraph. Hev. Dr. Thirdly (vl;it ing) Tommy, do you know hat a miracle Is? Tom my Yes; pop said It would be a mil acie if you didn't stay to dinncrr "IIow are you rnakifig out In writ ing for thtfj? -igasslnwr "Just holding my own. TiiPN'Aend me back as much as I send them." l;el roll Free Press. Grocer (to small customer) John ny, would you like to have un apple? Johnny No, rir. I'm afraid to eat 'cm. Grocer Why? Johnny 'Cause my grrxiillalhcr died of uppleplexy. Orator (excitedly) -The Uritlsh lion, whether It is roaming tlie deserts of India or climbing the foiests of Can ada, will not draw in its horns or re tire into its shell. London Tit-Bits. A minister made a call on a lady of Ills acquaintance. Her little daugh ter grew weary of his conversation, and whispered in an audiule tone: "Hidn't he bring his amen with him?" Mr. St.iyhitc-1 was going to call last evening, but I understood you were out. Miss l-atienci- The idea! I wish you hail called. Mr. Siayliue Ah! you were really at home, then? Miss Patience No. Ilenhani I have had my life assured for live thousand dollars li) your favor. Mrs. flenham Well, I'll be glad to have the money, but I think yju've (nerestimntcd your value Equitable Record. "It is bitter cold," remarked the; , shivering husband. "Why don't you button up your jacket?" "The Idea?" exclaimed the wife. "Why, If I did then no one would know It Is lined with fur." "Well, Kadley is dead. He was a mighty tough character." "Yes; killed out West by a premature explosion r dynamite, wasn't lie?" ' It wasanex- )ntilnn.'if.ilynanite, but Iwouldn't call It Friend You must enjoy your new position. So much honor, dignity and prestige! University President Yes; but 1 didn't gel so much money as the head coach of the football team. Somervllle Journal. lib ks Kluseiiian's a nervy Indiv idual. It's a wonder he doesn't get l is throat cut some day. Wicks Why? Hicks Well, he has the nerve to shave himself In the morning and go Into a barber shop an hour or so later for a hair cut. Pure Charity "You must admit," re marked the pessimist, "that old Rich ley never gave a cent's worth to help the poor." "Hut, I don't admit It," replied the optimist, "didn't he give his 2, ooo.oiH) daughter to a foreign count the other day?'' 1st Doctor So you've lost your rich patient at last. 2nd Doctor Yes; still I had him for a long while. I had two amputations out of him, two years' attendances, and the usual op eration for appendicitis. I think I did extremely well over him. Hicks My wife saw (he new minis ter for (he first time yesterday. Wicks Oh, the Rev. Mr. Hoamley. What did she have to say about him? Hicks What every good woman says about a minister, no matter how ugly he may be: "He has a good face." Editor I'm surprised that Nurltch didn't want any notice in our society column about his going to Europe. Re porterWell, you see, he wants to give the Impression that he's so swell now that his going to Europe shouldn't excite any comment at all. "But," persisted the optimist, "It's possible for a man to live upon very little If he'll only make up his mind to It." "Huh," growled the pessimist, "it's impossible for him to live upon more than a very little, because he can't get any more than that" A Tokyo Incident. Tho Russian cathedral In Tnkvn. - I K.Viu .. Annni.,n.. t i H111UU IS vwai)ivuuua .Dui9 m u,v , 1 d,gtr,ct of the caDltal wnere ,t h lo. cated, has been carefully guarded by police ever since relations with Rus sia have been strained. When hot- . tllltles broke out precautions . were) -redoubled. No one is now allowed to ' go into the building without permis sion. ' Recently an American journalist' paid a visit to the cathedral, tent In his card and was permitted to euter. The day -was Sunday, the time about 4 o'clock In the afternoon. On entering the building the visitor was astonished to see a number ot 1 ' Japanese collected In the space be- -neath the dome. It turned out that marriage service wat being cele brated according to the rites ot the Russian Orthodox church, the bride - and bridegroom being Japanese. . It says not a little for thel- high courage and firm faith lu ihefrrellg ion that these people should have dS--- termlned to get married tn the Rus sian cathedral at a time when such a cloud rests upon - everything Rus sian. It tpeakt still ' more strongly, , ot the broad toleration of the Japan ese people, Who permitted the cere mony to be performed. Youth's Com panion. "-7. "itj,. . r ., -. -I . 1 "i ''' Felling 260 trees, comprising 700,800 feet of lumber was the remarkable feat ' accomplished by three Snohomish led gers in eight dayt" time. . -A

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